DPB Rail
Technical Service GmbH

DPB Rail
Technical Service GmbH

Your reliable partner for the maintenance of rail vehicles.

The Company

DPB Rail Technical Service GmbH is your reliable partner for the maintenance and repair of rail vehicles in accordance with the ECM Regulation.

Our workshop in Krieglach offers comprehensive services for locomotives, multiple units, passenger trains, special vehicles and freight wagons, as well as for construction and maintenance vehicles.

Thanks to our mobile maintenance teams, we can operate flexibly throughout Austria.

Customer vehicles are brought to the site via the company's own 2,6 km long connecting railway. Internal shunting is efficiently handled by a company-owned shunting locomotive and a shunting robot.

Service Spectrum

  • Maintenance, servicing and repair of:

    • Locomotives and multiple units
    • Passenger carriage
    • Special vehicles and freight wagons
    • Construction/maintenance vehicles
    • Road-rail vehicles
  • Mobile repair of rail vehicles

  • Repair of vehicle components

  • Retrofit - Modernization

  • ECM Performance I, II, III, IV

  • mobile train inspector deployment

  • § 40 for locomotives and freight wagons

  • Underfloor wheelset lathe (Hegenscheidt)

  • Locomotive electrical test bench

  • Special and exceptional transports in cooperation with DPB Rail Infra Service GmbH

Underfloor wheelset lathe (Hegenscheidt)

With our state-of-the-art underfloor wheelset lathe from Hegenscheidt reprofiles wheelsets of standard gauge locomotivesThey produce precise, efficient results and are state-of-the-art.

Your benefits at a glance:

  • Wheelset machining with cardan shafts without disassembly
  • precise reprofiling of built-in and individual wheelsets
  • precise turning of internal and external brake discs
  • Precision measurement and profile production
  • Short lead times thanks to efficient processes
  • Manufacturer- and operator-independent service
  • Conducted by specially trained DPB personnel (Hegenscheidt Training)

Locomotive testing facility (Elin)

We use our modern locomotive testing facility to test electrical systems. under realistic operating conditions. Thanks to the representation of all We ensure that every locomotive is part of the European electricity systems. reliably, safely and ready for use, it returns to operation.

Locomotive testing facility of DPB Rail Technical Service GmbH:

  • innovative testing technology
  • state-of-the-art measuring technology
  • maximum operational reliability
  • Rated power 300 kVA
  • Test voltage in the overhead linearea: 15kV 16,7Hz // 25kV 16,7Hz // 1,5kV DC // 3kV DC
  • Test voltage on the test bench for train busbars: 1kV 16,7Hz // 3,0kV DC // 1,5kV DC

More Services

In cooperation with DPB Rail Infra Service GmbH, we offer special and exceptional transports as well as transfers. Our comprehensive infrastructure and experienced team ensure smooth operations.

We are happy to answer any further questions or provide you with further information.

Location

Maintenance at the highest level

Our site combines technical expertise with modern infrastructure. Operating at full capacity, the facility offers optimal conditions for the professional maintenance and processing of rail vehicles and their components.

In total there are around 9000 m² of hall space spread over come modernly equipped halls are available to support you.

Another advantage is its own 2,6 km long connecting railway, which enables direct loading and unloading of vehicles by rail.

Our facilities at a glance:

  • 4 multi-track maintenance halls with an area of ​​approximately 9.000m²

  • 5 elevated mine tracks

  • Metalworking machines (bending and drilling machine, guillotine shear) as well as milling machine and lathe)

  • A connecting railway line with a length of 2,6 km provides sufficient parking capacity.

  • Internal shunting services using our own shunting locomotive and shifting robot

  • Underfloor wheelset lathe (Hegenscheidt)

  • Locomotive testing facility (Elin) for all European voltage systems as well as Train busbars

Hall 1

  • Maintenance hall for rail vehicles (RETROFIT)
  • Area: 780 m²
  • two tracks of 37 m each, one of which is a mat track
  • Working pit with elevated track of 30 m
  • Indoor crane 10 t
  • 8 lifting jacks at 15 t
  • Brake tester (Knorr)
  • two laser wheelset measuring devices (Calipri)

Hall 2

  • Maintenance hall for rail vehicles
  • Area: 2.200 m²
  • two tracks of 82 m each, one of which is a mat track
  • Working pit with elevated track of 35 m
  • Indoor crane 8 t
  • mobile roof work platform
  • 8 lifting jacks of 25 t each
  • mobile track scale for weighing rail vehicles

Hall 3

  • Maintenance hall
  • Area: 2.900 m²
  • four tracks of 82 m each
  • Double working pit with elevated tracks of 24 m
  • Working pit with elevated track of 23 m
  • two roof work platforms
  • Open area with three underground switches
  • 25 t indoor crane
  • integrated underfloor wheelset lathe (Hegenscheidt)
  • Locomotive testing facility (Elin):
    • 3 kV DC
    • 1,5 kV DC
    • 1kV 16,7Hz AC
    • 15kV 16,7Hz AC
    • 25kV 50Hz AC

Hall 4

Hall opening on June 25, 2026

  • Area: 2.600 m²
  • 5 workshop tracks
  • 3 work pits (30 m each) for heavy maintenance on rail vehicles
  • 1 inspection and measuring track in elevated design
  • 1 maintenance track with a total working pit length of 110 m including pre-laidThe elevated measuring and testing area creates, in combination, The underfloor wheelset lathe offers optimal conditions for efficient maintenance and repair processes on railwaysvehicles and vehicle convoys up to 150 m in length
  • 3 overhead cranes

In order to ensure the long-term and future-oriented use of the DPB Krieglach site, particular emphasis was placed on ensuring that expansions of the site can be implemented without any concerns.

References

By taking on and implementing demanding and challenging projects, DPB Rail Technical Service GmbH has quickly established itself as a reliable partner for its customers.

Our successfully completed projects include recurring maintenance including preventive and corrective maintenance of the ECM functions of old, existing and latest generation vehicles (e.g. Siemens Vectron).

Contact

DPB Rail Technical Service GmbH

Eisenhammerstraße 5
A-8670 Krieglach
Phone: +43 3855 20341

Email:  office.railts@dpb.at

Please feel free to send us an inquiry!