<p>Porterbrook owned and supported rolling stock won eight out of the 25 awards at this year’s Golden Spanners ceremony, which took place on Friday 22nd November at London’s Connaught Rooms.</p>
<p>Hosted by Roger Ford, Modern Railways’ Industry & Technology Editor, the event celebrates the role of train maintenance teams, depots and rolling stock owners in delivering rolling stock reliability.</p>
<p>Since 2005, Porterbrook fleets have won a record breaking 46 Gold Spanners (up from 43 last year) demonstrating the importance of asset management in supporting improvements to rolling stock reliability.</p>
<p>This year Porterbrook fleets won:</p>
<ul><li>3 (out of 9) <strong>GOLD</strong> awards</li><li>2 (out of 8) <strong>SILVER</strong> awards</li><li>3 (out of 8) <strong>BRONZE</strong> awards</li></ul>
<p>These were awarded to Porterbrook fleets in the following categories:</p>
<p><strong>Gold Spanner - for the most reliable train based on Miles per Technical Incident (MTIN)</strong></p>
<ul><li><strong>Class 159/0</strong> – Operated by South Western Railway and maintained at Salisbury depot</li><li><strong>Class 90/Mk 3</strong> – Operated by Greater Anglia and maintained at Crown Point depot</li><li><strong>Class 387/3</strong> – Operated by c2c and maintained at East Ham depot</li></ul>
<p><strong>Silver Spanner – for the most improved fleet (percentage improvement in MTIN)</strong></p>
<ul><li><strong>Class 153</strong> – Operated by Greater Anglia and maintained at Crown Point depot</li><li><strong>Class 170</strong> – Operated by Northern and maintained at Neville Hill depot</li></ul>
<p><strong>Bronze Spanner – for the fastest incident recovery (based on primary delay per incident)</strong></p>
<ul><li><strong>Class 158</strong> – Operated by ScotRail and maintained at Corkerhill & Inverness depots</li><li><strong>Class 171</strong> – Operated by Govia Thameslink Railway and maintained at Selhurst depot </li><li><strong>Class 387/2</strong> – Operated by Govia Thameslink Railway and maintained at Lover’s Walk depot</li></ul>
<p>Porterbrook would like to congratulate all our winning customers and especially their train maintenance staff at Salisbury, Crown Point, East Ham, Neville Hill, Corkerhill, Inverness, Selhurst and Lover’s Walk depots.</p>