Train Components Categories
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On-Board Traction, Power & Safety Equipment
This section covers the systems that deliver traction, manage on-board power and ensure safety on rail vehicles. These include HVAC units, current collectors and pantographs, batteries, fire detection and suppression systems, and related equipment used across passenger and freight rolling stock.
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- Alternative Traction Technologies
- Auxiliary Power
- Diesel Engines, Alternators & Generators
- Electronic Train Components
- EMC Shielding
- Fire Detection · Suppression
- Fuel Cells & Components
- Fuel Handling · Lubricants
- Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC)
- Lighting · Safety Lighting
- On-Board Transformers, Inverters & Rectifiers
- Pantographs & Current Collectors
- Traction Cooling Equipment
- Traction Motors
- Train Batteries
- Train Converters
- Train Power Converters
- Train Speedometers · Safety
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Running Gear
Running gear includes all mechanical components that enable a train to run on the track, such as bogies, wheelsets, axles, bearings and suspension systems. These components support the vehicle’s weight, guide it safely along the rails and absorb forces during operation to ensure ride quality, stability and safety.
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Train Body Components
Train body components include structural elements such as doors, windows, panelling and roof sections, as well as smaller fittings and fixtures. This category also covers materials used in the construction and maintenance of train bodies, including adhesives, sealants, coatings and corrosion protection solutions.
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- Accessibility Equipment
- Buffers · Couplers · Drawgear
- Freight Train Loading · Discharge Components
- Freight Train Underframes
- Freight Wagon Bodies
- Gangways
- General Wagon Components
- Latching Systems · Handles · Hinges
- Minor Components
- Rolling Stock Materials
- Train Body Shells · Structural Parts
- Train Doors
- Train Part Forgings · Castings
- Train Windows
Train Components News
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New Low Voltage Limiters for Railway Applications
The new low voltage limiters are used in DC traction systems, protecting from electric shock when touching non-live metal parts.
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ZF Receives Major Chinese Order for EcoMet Metro Gearboxes
ZF is entering the Chinese metro market, with an order of 720 metro gearboxes for the world's largest rail vehicle manufacturer.
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BREAKING: Alstom and Hitachi Win HS2 Rolling Stock Contract
The contract to design, build and maintain the HS2 rolling stock fleet for Phase 1 London-Birmingham has gone to the Hitachi Rail-Alstom JV.
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Parker Launches New Optimised FEM Quick Coupling Series
Parker Hannifin launches new optimised FEM Quick Coupling Series, offering an increased working pressure of up to 350 bar.
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Henkel Helps to Get Railway Bogie Cleaning Operations Back on Track
The high-performance Bonderite C-MC Gel 7 ensures single-pass, high-standard railway bogie cleaning, introducing sustainability advantages.
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Wikov: Thank You For Visiting RAIL LIVE and Eurasia Rail
Wikov thank everyone who visited their stand at Eurasia Rail in Istanbul, Turkey and RAIL LIVE in Madrid, Spain.
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Alstom and MOL to Explore Use of Hydrogen Technology on Hungarian Rail Network
Alstom has signed an MoU with oil and gas company MOL to explore the use of hydrogen technology for rail transport in Hungary.
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Tallysman® Adds to the TW7000 Line of Surface-Mount Antennas
Tallysman® has added Galileo-E6, QZSS-L6, and BeiDou-B3 support to the TW7000 line of surface-mount antennas.
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IMA Dresden: The Heart of Our Test Benches
IMA Dresden explains how the heart of their test benches is the hydraulic system which is constantly supplying the test bench with oil.
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Alstom and Liebherr Collaborate on Optimisation of Hydrogen Fuel Cells
Alstom and Liebherr – Aerospace and Transportation SAS have signed a collaboration agreement aimed at optimising hydrogen systems.
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CZ Loco Researches Hydrogen-Powered Locomotive
CZ LOKO is looking into the feasibility of building a hydrogen-powered locomotive. This has tentatively been named the HydrogenShunter 1000.
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SENSIT Attend Rail Business Day Conference 2021
SENSIT attend the Rail Business Day Conference 2021 in Prague, the conference was dedicated to rail transport and its future.
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IMA Dresden: Day 2 at the JEC Dach Forum
IMA Dresden are at the JEC Dach Forum in Frankfurt, discussing sustainability, e-mobility and thermoplastic composites.
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High-Speed Rail: Why Quality Rail Materials Are Key to Sustainable Travel
To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, we must look to high-speed rail as a go-to choice, and to do this, we need to be using quality rail ma…
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New Partnership Focuses on Optimising Hydrogen Train Refuelling
Hynamics has signed a new partnership agreement with Alstom to reduce the time needed to refuel hydrogen trains.
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PTFE Hose from Parker Surpasses the Limitations of Other Hose Types
Parker Hannifin, the global leader in motion and control technologies, launches its 2030T-V70CON convoluted PTFE hose.
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IMA Dresden: Thorough Shaking Means Proper Testing
IMA Dresden's hexapod shaker test bench shakes elements for customer testing, from small telematic modules to seat connections.
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IMA Dresden will be at JEC Forum DACH
Want to learn about composite materials? IMA Dresden invite you to join them at the JEC Forum DACH on 23 and 24 November 2021.
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Televic GSP Win Equipment Order for LACMTA
Televic GSP wins an equipment order to modernise 50 Light Rail Vehicles for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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Germany: First Battery Trains Ordered for VBB Network
NEB has ordered 31 two-car, battery-operated Mireo Plus B trains from Siemens Mobility for the new East Brandenburg rail network.
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Knorr-Bremse and CAF Sign Maintenance Framework Agreement
Knorr-Bremse, manufacturer of train braking systems, HVAC systems and entrance systems has signed a maintenance framework agreement with CAF…
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Astronics Introduces ATS-5000 Series of Test and Support Solutions
Astronics has launched its ATS-5000 Series of Functional Test and Support Solutions, offering a wide variety of application solutions.
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Alstom and Eversholt Rail Sign Hydrogen Train Fleet Agreement
Alstom and Eversholt Rail have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at the development of 10 three-car hydrogen trains for the UK.
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Hitachi Rail and Angel Trains to Retrofit Batteries on TPE Trains
Hitachi Rail and Angel Trains have agreed to retrofit batteries on to TransPennine Express Nova 1 intercity trains.