voestalpine Railway Systems Secures Largest Order in their Company History
voestalpine Railway Systems are the global leading supplier of complete railway systems, offering everything from the “hardware” (rails, turnouts, mountings, and sleepers) through to the digital monitoring of rail tracks and trains from a single source. Now the voestalpine Group subsidiary has secured its largest ever order worth around EUR 237 million (approx. GBP 210 million) for the design, supply, and servicing of turnouts, drives, and rail expansion joints including diagnostic systems for Great Britain’s new High Speed 2 rail network. voestalpine is also supplying other major projects worldwide with premium rails, high-speed turnouts, and signaling technology. In total, the order volumes amount to around EUR 600 million.
As the name suggests, Great Britain’s new High Speed 2 (HS2) is a high-speed rail link. It runs north-south, extends almost 275 km in length, and will have a transport capacity of up to 300,000 passengers a day. voestalpine Railway Systems will be supplying this high-tech line with around 320 turnout systems plus drives, as well as rail expansion joints including diagnostic and monitoring software which will continually record the condition of the infrastructure and report deviations in real time. This not only ensures that the highest safety standards are upheld, but also facilitates condition-based and predictive maintenance.
Other current major orders worldwide
voestalpine has succeeded in securing other major international orders in the Railway Systems sector in addition to the project in Great Britain. voestalpine Railway Systems will supply turnouts and welded rails for Australia’s Sydney Trains over the next five years: the contract, worth over EUR 220 million, extends the existing cooperation in the Sydney metropolis for a further five years.
voestalpine Railway Systems is also supplying Egypt’s first high-speed line (Green Line) with around 260 high-speed turnouts including turnout maintenance software. The order volume for this prestigious project amounts to EUR 42.5 million. The company and the Egyptian state railway have recently announced a joint venture to produce high-performance turnouts in Cairo. Egypt is regarded as the most dynamic railway market in Africa.
High-performance turnouts from voestalpine Railway Systems are being used to upgrade the Adriatic—Black Sea line. Investments are also being made to modernize the railway infrastructure in Bosnia-Herzegovina. voestalpine Railway Systems is producing a total of 3,000 tons of rails for the tram network in the capital Sarajevo. The total project volume is around EUR 20 million.
Complete provider of fully digital rail tracks
In the business year 2021/22, voestalpine Railway Systems generated revenue of EUR 1.5 billion at its 70 production and sales sites worldwide. Around 7,200 employees work in this segment, 1,500 of whom are based in Austria.
