ABB wins contracts to build substations in the Swiss Alps
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been awarded contracts worth around $30 million from the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), the national Swiss rail operator, and the private Matterhorn Gotthard Railway to supply three new traction substations in the Swiss Alps.
Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has been awarded contracts worth around $30 million from the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), the national Swiss rail operator, and the private Matterhorn Gotthard Railway to supply three new traction substations in the Swiss Alps.
This turnkey contract includes design, supply, installation and commissioning of the substations including traction transformers, gas-insulated switchgear, air-insulated switchgear and auxiliary power supply equipment.
Three new traction substations will enable SBB and the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway to increase their capacity to meet rising traffic volume in south-western and central Switzerland.
The company will also construct two 132/66/15/11 kV substations with power transformers and associated electrical equipment in the towns of Brig and Luins, replacing temporary mobile substations and providing additional transmission and distribution capacity at important rail hubs that connect the north-south Simplon and Lötschberg lines and lines of the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway, as well as for the Geneva-Lausanne line.
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