Transit Building Maintenance Facility Design

Maintenance Facility Design

Primary Guidance Applicable to both Rail and Bus Maintenance Facilities and Buildings. Designed to: Optimize the functional requirements identified for 20-year horizon needs. Support best practices for sustainability minimizing operations costs and energy consumption and providing long-term cost benefits. Buildings should be located on site to optimize yard operations and site access.

Discussion A Maintenance Facility is an essential part of a transit system, which comes at a significant capital cost, and its design influences the daily system operating costs. Design should consider the following factors: Building location on a selected site. Facility design that is integrated with yard operations for a rail system or site layout for a bus facility. Functionality Operations: Pre-inspections; Process Flow – train movement; Maintenance – heavy, daily, cleaning, and inspections. Yard Functionality: Track layout; Site constraints – drainage and stormwater management, circulation patterns, program requirements, environmental requirements Facility program: Provide adequate facilities for personnel and administration including parking. Site Considerations A Maintenance Facility Building should be located on a relatively flat site with sufficient utility service such as power, water, and sewer available and a suitable outfall for storm drains and stormwater management to minimize capital costs. The site should be integrated with operations planning to optimize future (20- year horizon) operations by minimizing dead-head runs and other operational efficiencies. The site should have sufficient highway/roadway access to allow for efficient delivery of vehicles. Highway/roadway access should not be susceptible to flooding.