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UGL Rail is an Australian rail company specialising in building, maintaining and refurbishing diesel locomotives, diesel and electric multiple units and freight wagons. It is a subsidiary of UGL Limited and is based in Melbourne, with a staff of 1,200 across Australia and Asia. It operates factories in
Broadmeadow
Broadmeadow is the geographic center of Newcastle city. Its main commercial hub is located at the "Nineways".Maintrain Auburn, Spotswood and Bassendean. While it used to operate a factory in Taree, the plant was shut down and the equipment sold off.
Founded in Australia in 1899 by Cornish brothers Alfred and Ralph Goninan as an engineering and manufacturing company for the coal industry, A Goninan & Co Limited was incorporated as a public company in 1905.Goninan, Alfred (1865–1953)
Australian Dictionary of Biography It entered the rail business in 1917 via Commonwealth Steel Products Company of Waratah, Newcastle, a wheel and axle manufacturer, because those items could no longer be imported from Belgium due to World War I. A Goninan & Co moved to more convenient freehold land at
History
Founded in Australia in 1899 by Cornish brothers Alfred and Ralph Goninan as an engineering and manufacturing company for the coal industry, A Goninan & Co Limited was incorporated as a public company in 1905.Goninan, Alfred (1865–1953)Australian Dictionary of Biography It entered the rail business in 1917 via Commonwealth Steel Products Company of Waratah, Newcastle, a wheel and axle manufacturer, because those items could no longer be imported from Belgium due to World War I. A Goninan & Co moved to more convenient freehold land at
Broadmeadow
Broadmeadow is the geographic center of Newcastle city. Its main commercial hub is located at the "Nineways".Howard Smith.
In August 1999, A Goninan & Co was sold to United Group and re-branded United Goninan. In 2005, it was renamed United Group Rail, as part of a reorganisation following United Group's purchase of
UGL and John Holland to operate Adelaide trams
'' Metro Report International'' 12 March 2020
Company website
* ttp://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/855.html Alfred Goninan {{DEFAULTSORT:Ugl Rail Locomotive manufacturers of Australia Rolling stock manufacturers of Australia Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1899 Australian companies established in 1899 Alstom Manufacturing companies based in Melbourne
Alstom
Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling, and locomotives, with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, Avelia ...
's Australian subsidiary, Alstom Transport Australia and New Zealand.
Factories
While most items were manufactured at Broadmeadow, it did purchaseComeng
Commonwealth Engineering (often shortened to Com-Eng, later Comeng was an Australian engineering company that designed and built railway locomotives, rolling stock and trams.
History
Smith and Waddington, the predecessor to Commonwealth Engi ...
's Bassendean, Western Australia
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Bassendean (once referred to as West Guildford) is a north-eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its local government area is the Town of Bassendean.
It is also the name of the sand dune system on the Swan Coastal Plain known ...
plant. This plant rebuilt many Pilbara Alco locomotives with General Electric components in the 1990s as well as building 17 Westrail P class and 60 NR class locomotives.
In 1983, a factory was established in Townsville to fulfill a contract for Queensland Railways 2600 class locomotives that required them to be built locally. It later built the 2800 class.
Products
National
*14Australian National EL class
The EL class are a class of diesel locomotives built by A Goninan & Co, Broadmeadow for Australian National in 1990–1991.
History
In June 1989, Australian National awarded a contract for 14 Dash 8 locomotives to A Goninan & Co with the fir ...
diesel locomotives
*120 National Rail NR class diesel locomotives
*137 C44aci diesel locomotives
New South Wales
*6 New South Wales 43 class diesel locomotives *20 New South Wales 47 class diesel locomotives *5 stainless steel power vans *150 S set EMU carriages *160 K set EMU carriages *56 C set EMU carriages *455 Tangara EMU carriages *196 Oscar EMU carriages *14 Hunter Railcar DMU carriages *12QR National 5000 class
The 5000 class are a class of diesel locomotive built by United Group Rail, Broadmeadow for QR National between 2005 and 2007.
History
In 2004, QR National ordered twelve 5000 class locomotives from United Group Rail. They were a heavy haula ...
diesel locomotives
*19 QR National 5020 class diesel locomotives
Victoria
*4 4D EMU carriages *22V/Line Sprinter
The Sprinter is a diesel railcar built by A Goninan & Co in Broadmeadow, NSW for V/Line between 1993 and 1995.
Design origins
The Sprinter concept dates back to 1989, when the Public Transport Corporation, having seen a substantial increase i ...
DMU carriages
Queensland
*3 Queensland Railways 1150 class diesel locomotives *13 Queensland Rail 2600 class diesel locomotives *50 Queensland Rail 2800 class diesel locomotives *3UGL Rail PH37ACmai
The UGL Rail PH37ACmai is a model of diesel locomotives built by UGL Rail, Broadmeadow in 2014. The frames were fabricated in Townsville.
History
In November 2011 UGL Rail announced it would develop a gauge version of the GE PowerHaul locomotiv ...
diesel locomotives
Western Australia
*20 Western Australia ADL/ADC class DMU carriages *17 Westrail P class diesel locomotives *9 Prospector/Avonlink DMU carriages *3 GE C36-7 diesel Locomotive, built in 1978 for Hamersley & Robe River railwayHong Kong
*Refurbishment of 762 MTR Metro Cammell M-stock carriages forMTR
The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...
* Hong Kong Light Rail 20 Phase 3 LRV
*UGL and CSR Corporation Limited Hong Kong Light Rail 22 Phase 4 LRV (Design)
New South Wales
Sydney Metro
UGL is a part ofMetro Trains Sydney
Metro Trains Sydney Pty Ltd (MTS) is the operator of the Sydney Metro. It is a joint venture between Hong Kong-based MTR Corporation, John Holland Group and UGL Rail formed in September 2014. It operates the network with a fleet of 22 Alstom Met ...
which constructed and now operates the Sydney Metro Northwest
New Intercity Fleet
UGL is a member of the RailConnect NSW consortium, a joint venture between UGL,Hyundai Rotem
Hyundai Rotem (founded in 1977) is a South Korean company that manufactures rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment. It is a part of the Hyundai Motor Group. Its name was changed from Rotem to Hyundai Rotem in December 2007 to refl ...
and Mitsubishi Electric
, established on 15 January 1921, is a Japanese multinational electronics and electrical equipment manufacturing company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the core companies of Mitsubishi. The products from MELCO include elevators an ...
, which has designed and will build and maintain more than 500 NSW TrainLink D set
The NSW TrainLink D sets, also referred to as the ''Mariyung'' trains, are a class of electric multiple units being built to replace NSW TrainLink's Intercity electric multiple unit fleet, slated to replace the entire V set fleet and allow the ...
train carriages. Delivery commenced in the second half of 2019. Maintenance will be carried out at the Kangy Angy Maintenance Centre
The Kangy Angy Maintenance Centre is a railway depot at Kangy Angy on the Central Coast, New South Wales to maintain the NSW TrainLink D sets. The depot was officially opened on 24 February 2021, and is located off Enterprise Drive.
The depot i ...
.
UGL Unipart
UGL Rail has been responsible for the maintenance of all of CityRail's EMU fleet at Maintrain, Auburn since March 1994 following the closure of Electric Carriage Workshops andEveleigh Carriage Workshops
The Eveleigh Carriage Workshops were built by the New South Wales Government Railways in 1888 as a depot for its passenger carriage fleet. The workshops are located west of what is now Redfern station on the northern side of the Main Suburban r ...
. In the early 1990s A Goninan & Co refurbished S and V sets at Broadmeadow as part of the Citydecker program.
Since December 2011 UGL Unipart, a 70:30 joint venture with Unipart, has maintained most of CityRail and later Sydney Trains and NSW TrainLink
NSW TrainLink is a train and coach operator in Australia, providing services throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, along with limited interstate services into Victoria, Queensland and South Australia. Its primary interc ...
's EMU fleet.
Maintenance on H sets was initially carried out at Eveleigh
Eveleigh is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Eveleigh is located about 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney.
...
but from 2018 is done at other depots with major work done at Maintrain, Auburn as for other types of Sydney Trains sets. The contract to maintain 1,050 Sydney Trains carriages including H and V sets was extended for two years from 1 July 2019.
Country Regional Network
UGL Rail has been responsible for maintaining the NSW Country Regional Network since January 2022.Metro Trains Melbourne
UGL Rail owns 20% of Metro Trains Melbourne, the consortium that has run Melbourne's metro railway network since November 2009.Adelaide
In July 2020, UGL Rail became responsible for maintenance of the Glenelg tram line in Adelaide as part of theTorrens Connect
Torrens Connect is a public transport operator in Adelaide, Australia that commenced operating bus and tram services as part of the Adelaide Metro network under contract to the Department of Planning, Transport & Infrastructure in July 2020. It is ...
consortium.'' Metro Report International'' 12 March 2020
References
External links
Company website
* ttp://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/855.html Alfred Goninan {{DEFAULTSORT:Ugl Rail Locomotive manufacturers of Australia Rolling stock manufacturers of Australia Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 1899 Australian companies established in 1899 Alstom Manufacturing companies based in Melbourne