Power and automation technology group ABB has won orders worth around EUR 27 million from the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), and from the private operator Matterhorn Gotthard Railway.
Three new traction substations being supplied by ABB will enable SBB and the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway to increase their capacity to meet rising traffic volume in southwestern and central Switzerland. The work will be completed by 2018.
As part of this turnkey contract, ABB will design, supply, install and commission three traction substations. Key products to be supplied include gas-insulated switchgear, air-insulated switchgear, traction transformers and auxiliary power supply equipment. All three substations will also be equipped with automation, protection and telecommunication systems.
One substation will be installed on a railway run by the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway in the heart of the Swiss Alps. ABB will also construct two substations for SBB in the towns of Brig and Luins, replacing temporary mobile substations and providing additional transmission and distribution capacity at important rail hubs that connect the north-south Simplon and Lötschberg lines and lines of the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway, as well as for the Geneva-Lausanne line.
“These substations will help to strengthen the Swiss railway grid, enhancing mobility and service reliability for millions of people,” Claudio Facchin, president of ABB’s Power Systems division, said.
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