Metro and light rail projects across Africa, the Middle East and South Asia create a technician shortage before the first train runs, and the training equipment is usually procured through the same ministry that procures the rolling stock. Rail transit training equipment covers the subsystems a depot technician maintains.
Signalling and interlocking trainers, traction control and motor drive systems, door control and obstacle detection, braking systems including regenerative and friction braking, pantograph and third rail power collection, passenger information and communication systems, and depot maintenance rigs for bogies, couplers and air systems.
Signalling logic and interlocking principles, traction inverter operation and fault diagnosis, door system commissioning and safety interlocks, brake system testing and adjustment, power collection maintenance, and the inspection and maintenance schedules that govern depot work.
State which subsystems are in scope, whether the trainers must reflect a specific rolling stock family, the number of student positions, whether fault insertion is required, and the electrical supply available. Where the training centre is tied to a specific metro project, supply the rolling stock specification with the enquiry so the trainers match the fleet the technicians will actually maintain.
