Standard tailored

Rail Power Systems supplies standard contact line systems as well as tailor-made systems. Its applications range from city and local traffic to long-distance and high-speed traffic. Depending on the traffic system, local conditions and the requirements of customers, Rail Power Systems builds the contact line systems as an overhead-line or current-rail system. The customer is provided with tested, seasoned and reliable systems requiring little maintenance due to their standardised components. They comply with the EU standards for railway applications.

MAINLINE

Overhead Contact Line Systems

  • up to 100 kph for main and secondary tracks, aluminium cantilevers, without stitch wire
  • up to 160 kph for main tracks, aluminium cantilevers, with or without stitch wire
  • up to 230 km/h for main tracks, aluminium cantilevers, with or without stitch wire
  • up to 360 kph, approved for rail lines of the European high-speed network, aluminium cantilevers, with stitch wire

LIGHT RAIL AND TRAM SYSTEMS

Overhead Contact Line Systems

  • up to 60 kph for streetcars, plain overhead without carrier cable with tunnel solutions
  • up to 100 kph for light rail, aluminium brackets, with tunnel solutions
  • up to 160 kph for light rail, aluminium brackets, with tunnel solutions

SPECIAL SOLUTIONS FOR OVERHEAD CONTACT LINE SYSTEMS:

TracFeed® OSS Overhead Conductor Rail, retractable (link to the film)

TracFeed® OSS Overhead Conductor Rail, retractable (link to the film – swedish subtitles)

 

Catenary Lifts

  • Field of application: level crossing, lift bridges, container terminals, depots
    Without influence on the catenary’s geometry the catenary is lifted upwards to either allow loading or unloading or passing of oversized vehicles.

Underground transit

  • Up to 80 kph, third rail with current draw from below, made of aluminium with stainless steel surface, current rail carrier made of steel or insulating glass-fibre-reinforced plastic

Overhead conductor rail

  • up to 25 kph, for maintenance workshops, profile made of aluminium with grooved copper contact wire
  • up to 250 kph, for tunnel equipment suspended on hinged or drop supports

CONTACTS

Sales

Germany: Manfred Braun
International: Ralf Klinge 

 

Product manager Contact line systems, OSS, Alu2000, Alu3000

Christian Goubeau

 

Product manager Contact line systems , Contact line components 

Michael Mayer