Tags: Rack-and-pinion

Stadler to supply four more rack-and-pinion trains for Mount Rigi

12th December 2025

Stadler to supply four more rack-and-pinion trains for mount Rigi Stadler and Mount Rigi Railways have signed a contract for the delivery of four additional tailor-made rack-and-pinion trains. Custom designed for steep mountain slopes, the new vehicles will contribute to comfortable, reliable and sustainable mobility on mount Rigi.  With this order, both lines of the […]

Stadler delivers the world’s first fully automated rack-and-pinion rail vehicle

29th September 2022

Appenzeller Bahnen (AB) and Stadler have signed a contract for the manufacture and delivery of a rack-and-pinion rail vehicle for the Rheineck–Walzenhausen rail link. The contract includes equipping the vehicle with Stadler’s CBTC (Communication-Based Train Control) solution. The new train on the Rheineck–Walzenhausen line will be the world’s first fully automated overland adhesion/rack-and-pinion rail vehicle. […]