Vossloh is a true switch specialist – in addition to planning, construction, equipping, installation, and removal, Vossloh also handles all transportation tasks. Vossloh has a fleet of 19 special turnout transport wagons (WTW) for use throughout Europe to ensure optimal supply and disposal of turnouts at construction sites. The biggest challenge in track construction logistics is probably replacing a turnout. This makes factory-made, fully pre-assembled turnouts, which can be installed directly on site as a plug-and-play solution, so interesting.
Switches and logistics: Your one-stop shop!
Unlike most other service providers, Vossloh does not deliver individual parts to the construction site, but transports complete turnouts in segments on its own turnout transport wagons with inclined loading areas. Thanks to the unique plug-and-play process, no additional installation space is required away from the track – an added safety feature that requires even less installation effort. In fact, this innovative, time- and cost-efficient concept reduces installation time on the track by 30%.
A track-mounted track-laying crane is used to unload and position the turnout correctly at its destination on the track. The high working speed of the self-propelled mega crane enables laying to be carried out five times faster than with conventional methods. At the same time, it also means less noise and emissions for residents. Of course, Vossloh also takes care of loading and returning old turnouts for reconditioning.
Pre-segmented turnouts delivered just-in-time
Customer benefits at a glance
- Uniform quality of turnout construction thanks to stationary production in the switch factory
- Prefabricated, fully equipped turnout segments in plug-and-play design for quick and efficient installation on the construction site
- Modern and environmentally friendly rail transport
- Economic advantages through significantly reduced track construction work and lower personnel requirements on the construction site
- No track builders with switch experience are needed on the track – a decisive advantage in times of staff shortages, also as a result of demographic change
- Greater safety on the tracks
- Vossloh also offers removal of old turnouts for recycling or disposal
Fast turnout installation
Portfolio for various turnout segments and sizes
Pre-assembled turnout segments can only be loaded onto standard flat cars in exceptional cases. In order to transport turnouts within the internationally varying clearance profiles, special transport wagons were developed whose loading platforms can be tilted to ensure safe transportation of the turnouts. All transportation vehicles are TSI-approved and equipped with GPS tracking. When loaded, they can be transported at a maximum speed of 100 km/h, making them suitable for integration into regular trains.
Hamburg: Transport of pre-segmented turnouts
In July 2020, we transported five turnouts (3x R-1,200 and 2x R-300) to the construction site in Hamburg Harburg using 7 WTWs and 15 flat cars. Both the rail transport with a train length of 760 m and the unloading of a total of 1,374 bto went smoothly.
Further references:
- In addition to turnout transportation deployments in Scandinavia, France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, Vossloh also has a multi-year framework agreement with DB InfraGo for the delivery of preassembled turnout segments. Construction sites throughout Germany are supplied from the Witten turnout factory.
- long-term rental, e.g., to Vossloh in Poland
- Leasing to private construction companies for construction projects in Germany or, for example, in the Netherlands
- Transportation, including logistics
- Operation of the WTW – especially the hydraulic tilting process – exclusively by specially trained personnel
Switch Transport Wagon WTW - Technical Datasheet PDF
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Thomas Wuttke
- International Sales Director
- +49 40 430931372