Railway

Linking experience and expertise to a fast-moving world

As the world continues its rapid urbanisation, planning strategies, most notably for public transport lines, must adapt to meet demand.

Alongside the infrastructure challenges posed by the development of cities, the railway industry must also consider escalating customer expectations and frequent advancements in technology. Railway systems have undergone an intense period of modernisation with complex automation developments. These advances demand cables with increasingly high levels of performance, reliability, and safety.

Prysmian Group has developed new cable designs and materials to provide the latest in chemical and mechanical resistance, fire resistance, EMC behaviour and enhanced transmission capacity.

We offer medium and low-voltage power cables, communication cables, and control and signalling cables, fibre cables, data cables and a full range of products to fulfil the requirements of different specifications of the authorities and/or contractors in the different parts of the world.

Inside Railway

Power cables used in Railway and Underground applications include:

  • Medium Voltage feeding cables according to the country of the project
  • Medium Voltage cables for Traction Power and Lighting Power Substations
  • Medium Voltage cables for the supply of signalling and auxiliary circuits
  • Medium Voltage cables used for track feeder circuit, with special fire performance
  • Low Voltage cables 0.6/1 kV used for lighting, platform doors, escalators’ low voltage circuits, also halogen free
  • Low voltage for distribution network and traction systems
  • Earthing Cables
  • Tailor-made solutions

Signalling cables used in Railway and Underground applications include:

  • General signalling (light signals, point machines) - Multicore or multipair cables, with or without armouring - Optional: protection against inductive interference and LS0H-FR for tunnel or underground use
  • Special interlocking devices (axle counter devices) - Multipair or multiquad cables, with or without armouring - Optional: protection against inductive interference and LS0H-FR for tunnel or underground, special requirements on electrical characteristics
  • Train influence and safety device (balises, linear train influence) - Pair or quad cables, with or without armouring - Optional: protection against inductive interference and LS0H-FR for tunnel or underground, special requirements on electrical characteristics

Railfoot applications - Multicore or multiquads cables, with special mechanical characteristics, vibration resistant

Communication cables used in Railway and Underground applications include:

  • General communication (telephone, long-distance telecommunication, etc.) - Multipair or multiquad cables, with or without armouring - Optional: with protection against inductive interference and LS0H-FR for tunnel or underground use
  • Special coaxial cables (video surveillance, etc.) 75 Ohm coaxial cables
  • In-house telecommunication (LAN networks, etc.) Cat. 5, 6, 7 data cables for local area networks
  • Railfoot applications (GSM-R installations, etc.)
  • Fibre optic cable, vibration resistant
  • GSM-R Fibre optic cables