ABB EQUIPMENT FOR NORWEGIAN TRAINS
Posted on 16 August 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
The ABB power and automation technology group has won orders worth about $US75 million from Swiss train manufacturer Stadler Rail. It will supply traction and onboard power equipment for installation in 50 “light electric trains” at Norges Statsbaner (NSB – the Norwegian state railway). These are to be used in the Greater Oslo area and as intercity trains in southern Norway. The orders also include compact integrated traction converters for about 30 diesel-electric trains which Stadler Rail is building for transport companies in the United States, Austria and other countries.
The orders continue a business cooperation between ABB and Stadler Rail that began in 2002. In late 2008, ABB won similar orders from Stadler Rail to supply power electronics traction equipment for trains used in Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Switzerland.
The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 120.000 people. ABB’s scope includes specially designed traction converters with integrated onboard power supplies as well as traction transformers. Compact, lightweight ABB traction products convert electricity from overhead power lines or diesel generators to the voltage levels needed by a train’s motors and a host of auxiliary power systems (lighting, heating, ventilation, automatic doors, etc.).
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