UGL Unipart

The UGL Unipart Joint Venture provides heavy maintenance and supply chain services for over 1,050 passenger cars in Sydney’s metropolitan rail fleet.

Capabilities at a glance

The partnership between UGL and Unipart Rail:

• is a world-class joint venture that brings together UGL’s intimate knowledge of Sydney’s passenger rail cars with Unipart Rail’s international logistics and supply chain expertise
• supports long term operational success through competitive and comprehensive whole-of-life solutions
• delivers maintenance services that minimise lifecycle costs and maximise whole-of-life asset value
• supports passenger car availability and reliability through inventory purchasing and logistics management
• also delivers refurbishment expertise for passenger cars, freight wagons, tramcars, locomotive wheel sets and bogie overhauls

Our service offering

Our service offering includes:

• passenger cars, freight wagons, tramcars and locomotive wheel sets and bogie overhauls
• passenger car component change out (CCO)
• airbrake, coupler, gear and pneumatic equipment overhauls 
• passenger car refurbishment, presentation and paint finishing, including graffiti removal and cleaning 
• field maintenance services
• engineering support and consulting services, including lean consulting 
• collision damage repairs
• component maintenance – mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic
• corrosion removal and protection
• engineering design services: design, FEA, fabrication of prototypes, etc.
• heavy maintenance – scheduled vehicle servicing
• lean consulting maintenance – maintenance and support services at the client’s site
• supply chain for diagnostic services, procurement and forecasting, repair management and warehousing and logistics