Mechanical and electrical installations for railways 

A railway system requires a complex mechanical and electrical infrastructure. This infrastructure includes the primary railway systems, such as rails, traction power and signalization as well as auxiliary systems that are required in order to ensure the safety and availability of the railway.

COWI provides comprehensive consultancy in relation to railway installations with a special view to the complex interfaces between the various installations and the interfaces to civil works.

Ensuring the safety of the railway

The design and implementation of the mechanical and electrical infrastructure is a lengthy process that requires extensive management.

Safety consideration is an important part of the process. We master this process and its inherent risks based on many years of managerial and technical experience with large infrastructure projects.

Our experience in the field of electrical and mechanical installations for railways includes:

• Railway tracks, traction power supply, catenary systems
• Signalization and automatic train control
• Normal and emergency electric power supply, lighting
• Systems for communication, monitoring and control, including control centre facilities
• Escape routes and escape doors
• Systems for fire detection, fire ventilation and fire extinguishing
• Comfort ventilation in passenger areas, ventilation and cooling in technical rooms
• Elevators and escalators
• Tunnel, ramp and station drainage.