{"id":577280,"date":"2026-10-14T18:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=75022"},"modified":"2026-10-14T18:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T08:33:07","slug":"medway-repairs-wagon-workshop-before-building-its-own-in-entroncamento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=577280","title":{"rendered":"Medway repairs wagon workshop before building its own in Entroncamento"},"content":{"rendered":"

MSC\u2019s rail freight business Medway will repair a wagon maintenance site in Entroncamento, Portugal, after storms damaged it at the beginning of the year, worsening working conditions. At the same time, the company is waiting for authorisation to build a new facility in the same location under a \u20ac45 million investment.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Currently, the wagon workshop used by Medway is owned by Comboios de Portugal (CP), which left the freight business in the beginning of the 2016 following the opening of the market to private players. Despite that, \u201cMedway will fully support the investment\u201d for the repairs, which will \u201centirely revert to CP\u201d when MSC\u2019s unit leaves the site to enter their new one.<\/p>\n

Cracks in the roof<\/h2>\n

Two weeks ago, a local newspaper published photos of the condition of Medway\u2019s workshop in Entroncamento, showing cracks in the roof and seepage on the walls. Questioned by RailFreight.com, a Medway representative recognised that the \u201cneed to carry out interventions was greatly heightened by the series of storms\u201d that hit that part of the country in January.<\/p>\n

The building is a few decades old, and the impact of bad weather on it is getting worse with time. Thus, the repairs will start \u201cvery soon\u201d, under an investment of over \u20ac100.000 and will complement the interventions previously executed in the electric system by \u201ccertified technicians\u201d. Other workshop departments will also be involved, the company says.<\/p>\n

The future site<\/h2>\n

At the beginning of the year, Medway relaunched the project to build its own repair facility in Entroncamento, by investing over \u20ac45 million. This initiative was first announced in 2020, before the Covid-19 pandemic. The construction \u201cwill start soon, depending on the required permits\u201d.<\/p>\n

The option of moving Medway\u2019s wagon unit to another building during the repairs of the old facility and the construction of the new one was not considered. \u201cThat would only be reasonable if we had to return the unit to CP before finishing the construction of the new facilities\u201d, adds a Medway\u2019s official.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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