Lowery appointed to three-year traction power maintenance agreement with London Trams

Lowery is pleased to announce that London Trams have competitively selected us as Service Provider for their 3+2 year Lineside Isolators (LSI) maintenance programme, inclusive of 92no LSIs themselves and their associated feeders including Ad-Hoc Emergency call-outs throughout the 28km tram network service boundary centred on Croydon. This service will contribute to the operational resilience and reliability of the network, with its 19m annual ridership.

This competitive award builds upon Lowery's prior delivery of design, manufacture, supply and replacement of six off-load LSIs within the Therapia Lane depot on behalf of London Trams. Investments Lowery will be making on behalf of London Trams include improved digital reporting and asset information availability and a programme of training to expand scarce resources associated with traction power for the Trams network.

Company Director - Power & Track, Daniel Burge commented: "We're pleased to be able to deepen our association with London Trams, providing a direct local workforce for specialist traction power maintenance works to help millions of people go about their day with confidence in public transport. On behalf of the Lowery team, I look forward to many years of closer working with our London Trams colleagues to do just that".

About London Trams: London Trams is the business unit within London Rail responsible for delivering the safe, efficient and high performing operation of Croydon Trams. In addition, LT are responsible for the strategic development of improvements to the network. One of the prime functions of LT is to provide a service provide (s) for the ownership and operation of Trams in London of which Croydon Trams is the only system currently in operation. LT is a 28 km light rail network serving Croydon, a major population centre in the south of Greater London, and the surrounding areas. Trams have an asset base of £150m and annual ridership of some 19m. LT is also responsible for delivering future tramway development, including enhancements and extension to Croydon Trams and the procurement, construction and operation of new schemes.

About Lowery: Lowery is a specialist power and communications contractor, based in South London, with an eight-decade history of providing critical and specialist DC/LV/HV power and communications services for national transport and power infrastructure. Our clients include London Trams, TfL, Network Rail, Strathclyde Passenger Transport, UK Power Networks and a variety of Tier 1 contractors and OEMS.