ABB Traction

ABB offers a comprehensive range of high performance products for use in the demanding "onboard" railway and commercial vehicles business.

Our products and solutions include best-in-class traction technology for new vehicle design and retrofit.

Individual components

  • Traction converters (propulsion converters or compact converters with integrated auxiliary converters)
  • Energy storage systems
  • Auxiliary converters (onboard power supplies)
  • Battery chargers


Highly integrated traction chain systems

  • Complete traction chain including traction converters, traction motors, traction alternator, energy storage systems and other components.

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Our offering

BORDLINE® Compact Converters

Propulsion converters with integrated auxiliary converters
BORDLINE® Auxiliary Converters and Battery Chargers

Onboard power supplies
BORDLINE® Energy Storage Systems

Lithium-ion based onboard energy storage system
BORDLINE® Compact Converters for medium voltage applications

Propulsion converters with optional integration of auxiliary converters.
HES880 Inverter and Converter

ABBs Inverter and Converters help you to electrify your vehicle or working machine.
Service and Retrofit

Service and retrofit solutions designed to enhance operational efficiency

Highlights

ABB secures orders worth $80 million for traction and battery technologies to enable new generation of Spanish trains

ABB energy efficient traction converters and energy storage systems selected to power 59 double-deck trains. ABB technologies will help to increase reliable service for commuters in Spain’s major metropolitan areas

ABB traction technology to increase efficiency of Deutsche Bahn’s ICE 1 high-speed trains

ABB traction converters selected to upgrade 76 InterCity Express first generation high-speed locomotives. ABB technology will improve energy efficiency, reliability and ease of maintenance

ABB’s innovative energy storage systems and traction converters to power trains in Germany

ABB traction equipment to reduce rail operators’ carbon emissions and provide reliable and efficient rail transport in Berlin and Schleswig-Holstein.

ABB traction and battery technologies to drive Stadler’s trains of tomorrow

ABB has won orders worth over $180 million from Swiss train manufacturer Stadler to supply leading-edge equipment for more than 160 trains and loco-motives in Europe and North America. ABB battery and traction systems will further drive decarbonization and support the transition to more sustainable electromobility.

ABB opens modern production facility for energy storage systems

Energy storage systems are key for sustainable mobility and play an important role in the electrification and decarbonization of transportation.

ABB wins traction equipment orders to expand rail fleets in the US and Europe

ABB traction technologies to improve rail operator’s energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions

ABB wins $42 million order for train technologies from Indian Railways

 ABB traction equipment to improve rail operator's efficiency and strengthen sustainable transportation in India

ABB wins orders for advanced train technologies worth more than $100 million

ABB traction technologies will make rail operator’s operations in Europe and the US more energy efficient; ABB announces new orders ahead of InnoTrans.

ABB wins $70 million in equipment orders to expand European rail fleets

ABB traction technologies to provide more reliable, energy-efficient trains for rail operators in Switzerland, Sweden and Hungary.
Swiss locomotive Re460 modernized with ABB traction converters

ABB is to supply the latest generation of traction converters for the Swiss Federal Railways’ Re460 locomotive modernization project.

ABB wins $90 million in train equipment orders to meet rail demands in Europe, US

ABB’s reliable Swiss-made traction technology is suited for multiple missions, from high-speed trains linking countries divided by the Alps to urban transit that gets people to work on time.

ABB to provide traction equipment worth $85 million for fleet expansions of Stadler Rail trains

ABB traction technologies to help expand rail networks in Switzerland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands with reliable, energy-efficient trains

ABB traction factory receives Industrial Excellence Award 2014

The ABB traction factory in Switzerland received the Industrial Excellence Award 2014 for the best factory in the German speaking countries.

ABB wins $70 million order to modernize locomotives for Swiss Railways SBB

New generation of traction converters will improve energy efficiency of the modernized locomotive fleet.

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The journey of ABB converter
Energy storage systems to power electric transport
BORDLINE® BC: Most compact battery charger
Drivers of Progress - Driving Efficiency
Class Re 460 modernization program of Swiss Federal Railways
ABB cooperates with S-Bahn Berlin

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