Furrer+Frey overhead contact lines

19-Jun-2023
4-metre corridor via Ceneri complete

The 4-metre north-south corridor was completed in September 2020 with the addition of the Ceneri base tunnel. The next milestone was reached at ...
24-Oct-2023
Heitersberg Tunnel: ROCS in record time

Over the course of just eight weekends, with the line closed for 54 hours from Saturday to Monday morning each time, the old overhead contact line ...
19-Jan-2024
Phoenix Award for Furrer+Frey AG

We are delighted to announce that we are the recipients of the Phoenix Award 2023 for long-term entrepreneurship. We succeeded in convincing the ...
29-Jan-2024
Engineering work Giswil–Lungern

The single-track line between Giswil and Lungern, operated by Zentralbahn, and the protective measures against natural hazards along this line are ...

Emergencies

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Jobs

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Systems

Overhead Contact Line Systems for all kinds of railways, including isolators, feeder switch control and interlockings. read on Systems

Our engineering team are highly trained technicians who work extensively with computer software planning aids, such as Microstation and AutoCAD. Furrer+Frey have developed their own in house contact line configuration software, falp 2.0 (©Furrer+Frey) and the 3D planning tool ELFF (©ELBAS/Furrer+Frey). read on OLE Design

Overhead Contact Line Construction

Our success is assured by our contract manager’s and assembly teams’ extensive experience. As an organisation we offer our employees continuous training programmes in their area of expertise. In addition, Furrer+Frey invest extensively in research and development of new materials within our current processes. read on Overhead Contact Line Construction

Catalogue

For decades, Furrer+Frey has carried its own range of products, which is continually enhanced. This range is shown in our comprehensive catalogue. read on Catalogue

Railway Control Systems

Railway control systems for depots to control and supervise the switching and earthing process of the overhead contact lines in a safe manner. read on Railway Control Systems

about us

Emil Furrer and Arnold Frey founded the electrical overhead line contact organisation of Furrer+Frey in 1923. During this period the implementations of electrification for Switzerland’s railways were in progress. The company have been making overhead contact line systems ever since and has grown considerably to meet the ever increasing global demands read on about us