Trains and railway platforms cleaning

Althenia Sando specialises in cleaning trains, both internal and external, and railway platforms, with proven experience working for the country’s largest operator, Renfe. These activities enable their clients to offer a necessary and unavoidable service to their users, which has become paramount in the aftermath of the pandemic.

Technological developments, increasing transport demands and environmental concerns pose several challenges to the company’s design and planning of cleaning and disinfection services. Current challenges that can make clean-up work more complex include:

Increased passenger volume It leads to more waste and dirt, which implies more effort and organisational challenges for the work teams to keep trains and platforms clean.

• Increased technological complexity. Modern trains are equipped with technology, such as screens, passenger information systems, sockets, etc., that do not allow the use of some cleaning products, making it more challenging to clean and disinfect them to keep them in good condition and prolong their service life.
• Increased time pressure.. In some time slots, the frequency of trains is increased dramatically, which means that cleaning work must be fast and efficient, and cleaning crews must work to tighter schedules and with less time to do the job.
• Increased logistical complexity. Especially in planning and coordination: access to trains, coordination of different teams, and time control.
• Increased sustainability and environmental awareness.. It requires compliance with quality standards and respect for the environment, which have to do with the use of more ecological cleaning products and more efficient cleaning techniques that reduce the impact of the activity.

To maximise service excellence for its customers, as a company specialising in railway cleaning, Althenia Sando has highly specialised and professionalised services to ensure these efficiency and sustainability standards without undermining the service provided. .