The Fort Rouge Transit Garage is Winnipeg Transit’s
central and primary maintenance and repair facility,
handling the majority of the total upkeep for the
city’s transit fleet. Built in 1969, Fort Rouge Garage
was considered state-of-the-art; the Storage Garage features
a special drive-through wash bay, as well as additional areas
to check oil, water, tires and lights of each bus after the day’s
GREAT CANADIAN PROJECTS
Flat Jacks Raise Expansion
for Winnipeg Transit
The expansion of its primary maintenance facility last
year was made possible with the use of flat jacks
By Paul Adair
run. A separate maintenance and repair building also handles
scheduled maintenance inspections and major repairs.
Now more than a half-century old, the original buildings
at the facility could no longer handle the capacity required of
a larger bus fleet. Therefore, the City of Winnipeg made the
decision back in 2016 to expand the Maintenance and Repair
Garage to better meet current and future needs, in addition
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The flat jack (here at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Md.) is
able to be installed in spaces too narrow for other jacking options
PHOTOS COURTESY OF WB EQUIPMENT
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