Vehicles

We are experts in rack railway technology

Stadler is the world's market leader and largest supplier of rack railway vehicles and systems. Stadler refined the expertise gained by the take over of the Swiss industry's rack railway activities.

There's no other sector of rail traffic in which the demands and requirements made on the railway constructor are as diverse and exacting as in the rack railways sector.

Extreme types of terrain have to be overcome with various rack-and-pinion gear systems, power systems and gauges; changing technological parameters - such as rack and adhesion stretches with extreme inclines - need to be simultaneously taken into account as well.

Transport capacities have been increased and the comfort offered by these new trains has been optimised. This was first made possible by the construction of pneumatic-cushioned low-floor and panorama coaches and then by the use of three phase technology combined with new gear and braking systems.

The new generation is characterised by a significantly reduced weight per seat. In view of the sharp inclines that rack railcars have to cope with, the weight factor is of paramount importance.

Stadler Rail Group leads the market in overhauls and maintenance. Gear systems are continually revised and bogies and bodies overhauled.

The Stadler Rail Group is always the right partner in the carriage of people and goods on rack lines.

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Berner Oberland Bahn (BOB), Switzerland: (Deutsch)
Bayerische Zugspitzbahn Bergbahn AG (BZB), Germany: (Deutsch); (English)
FGC, Spain: (Deutsch); (English)
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC), Spain: (Deutsch)
Gornergrat Bahn (GGB), Brig, Switzerland: (Deutsch); (Français)
Jungfraubahn (JB), Interlaken, Switzerland: (Deutsch); (English)
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), Brig, Switzerland: (Deutsch)
Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), Brig, Switzerland: (Deutsch); (Français); (Italiano)
Griechische Staatsbahnen (OSE), Greece: (Deutsch); (English)
Wengeneralpbahn (WAB), Interlaken, Switzerland: (Deutsch)
Zentralbahn 7-teiler ADLER, Switzerland: (Deutsch)
Zentralbahn 3-teiler FINK, Switzerland: (Deutsch)
Zahnradtriebzug für Ferrovia della Calabria, Italy: (Deutsch); (Italiano)
Ferrovie Appulo Lucane (FAL), Italy: (Deutsch)
Puy-de-Dôme, Zahnrad-Gelenktriebwagen, France: (Deutsch)