Leeds-based Pickersgill-Kaye (
www.pkaye.co.uk) has secured a contract worth nearly £500,000 to supply London Underground with new safety critical equipment, as part of a refurbishment programme for the Metro-Cammell 1972 rolling stock on the Bakerloo line.
The company (a trading division of Assa Abloy) will provide 1,400 emergency-alarm pull handles. This is repeat business for Pickersgill-Kaye, following an original order for these devices in 2004 for trains on the Central, Jubilee and Northern lines.
Pickersgill-Kaye has supplied this type of equipment for rapid-transit systems around the world, including the Toronto subway.
Its red electro-mechanical emergency-alarm handles actuate a three-pole electrical switch, sending a signal to the driver.
If the driver fails to respond in a set time, the train will automatically stop.
All the company’s safety-critical systems for the rail industry are made in the UK from high-quality materials and meet industry standards and specifications for the safe operation of trains, stations and infrastructure.
A major programme of refurbishment — including revamping the manufacturing facility, improving the work environment by creating new office space and implementing the latest design and computer technology — is nearing completion.