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Fast Forward Issue 02|13

Welcome to this special issue of ffwd, the UK customer newsletter for ABB Power Products and Power Systems. It’s timely for me to consider the exciting times we’re living through in the rail industry and how ABB’s suite of products and services can support the industry.

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Highlights in this issue

Industry viewpoint from RIA

Industry viewpoint from RIA

Jeremy Candfield, Director General of the Railway Industry Association (RIA), shares his views on how the industry is shaping up to deliver the Government’s vision of a more resilient railway as well as the areas that need to be addressed to ensure that projects are delivered smoothly.

Protection and control

Protection and control

The 2003 introduction of the IEC 61850 standard brought about a fundamental change in control and automation. It was now possible for power system protection, control and automation devices and systems to communicate with one another, irrespective of manufacturer.

Overview of ABB's railway capability

Overview of ABB's railway capability

ABB is a world leading independent supplier of innovative and reliable technologies to train manufacturers and railway operators. This includes rolling stock and infrastructure as well as FACTS, network management solutions and SCADA systems. ABB also provides service support, including maintenance and retrofit.

Trackside power

Trackside power

ABB was part of a consortium that has installed a world first pilot system to capture the excess energy produced during train braking. The solution allows the train operating company SEPTA (South East Pennsylvania Transit Authority) to store the captured energy and sell it back to the grid at times of high demand, turning trains into power generators and saving 10 per cent on the overall energy bill. energy and sell it back to the grid at times of high demand, turning trains into power generators and saving 10 per cent on the overall energy bill.

Rolling stock

Rolling stock

Being constructed from iron and copper, transformers are one of the heaviest items on board. Until now, it has not been possible to make significant weight savings, which is one of the rail industry’s priority objectives, or to reduce the amount of space used by equipment and free up space for paying passengers.

Low voltage products

Low voltage products

As a supplier of low voltage products to the rail supply chain, including system providers, solution providers, distributors and OEMs, ABB supplies much of its range of well-proven low voltage products through channel partners, specialist distributors and wholesalers.

More stories

  • Dear reader,

    2013-05-08: Welcome to the rail industry special issue

  • Traction transformation

    2013-04-26: Being constructed from iron and copper, transformers are one of the heaviest items on board. Until now, it has not been possible to make significant weight savings, which is one of the rail industry’s priority objectives, or to reduce the amount of space used by equipment and free up space for paying passengers

  • Delivering the standard for substation communications

    2013-04-26: As the IEC 61850 standard for substation communications becomes business as usual, Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) designed to implement the core values of the standard are having a significant impact on how railway engineers are designing, testing and commissioning systems

  • IEC 61850: Optimising protection and control

    2013-04-26: The 2003 introduction of the IEC 61850 standard brought about a fundamental change in control and automation. It was now possible for power system protection, control and automation devices and systems to communicate with one another, irrespective of manufacturer

  • High Speed 1 power quality

    2013-04-26: ABB has successfully delivered a major project to design, manufacture, install and commission reactive power compensation solutions on the High Speed 1 route from St Pancras International to the Channel Tunnel at Dover.

  • New London Underground BSP goes live

    2013-04-26: ABB has successfully delivered a major project to create a new Bulk Supply Point (BSP) for London Underground Ltd (LUL), needed to increase the power on the Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines to introduce air-conditioned rolling stock.

  • $115 million FACTS order to support high speed rail

    2013-04-26: Last October, the Saudi Electricity Company placed a $115 million order with ABB for a FACTS (flexible alternating current transmission system) solution to enhance the transmission of Saudi’s transmission grid that supplies the country’s major railway interconnections

  • Delivering on autotransformer deal

    2013-04-26: ABB is delivering around 100 of its 25-0-25 kV trackside autotransformers to Network Rail under a three-year framework agreement that will support the UK’s programme of railway electrification.

  • ZX1.5-R

    2013-04-26: Network Rail will install ABB’s new primary medium voltage gas insulated switchgear (GIS) at 11 sites to upgrade the power supply for the West Coast Main Line (WCML) between Stoke and Warrington

  • Trackside energy storage

    2013-04-26: ABB was part of a consortium that has installed a world first pilot system to capture the excess energy produced during train braking. The solution allows the train operating company SEPTA (South East Pennsylvania Transit Authority) to store the captured energy and sell it back to the grid at times of high demand, turning trains into power generators and saving 10 per cent on the overall energy bill.

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