railway
Strong, lightweight and sustainable
Stainless steel is the ideal material to meet the growing global needs for effective and climate-friendly transport on rails. It enables durable but lightweight and cost-efficient railway vehicle designs, as well as lower life-cycle cost due to low maintenance needs.
Made to last forever, stainless steel is also a highly sustainable material. A stainless steel frame will extend the lifetime of a train significantly: upgrades to technical components and interiors will be inevitable, but the frame itself will last decade after decade.
Top benefits of choosing Outokumpu stainless steel for railway
Applications
- Passenger rail systems
- Light rail systems
- Metro systems
- Freight vehicles
Performance
- Lightweight and strong – reduce weight by up to 20% with an equivalent increase in freight capacity
- Cost-effective – reduce material consumption with thinner structures, save in maintenance costs
- Weldable & joinable – make ductile and crash-resistant high-performance welds
- Corrosion resistant – ensure safety in transporting hazardous materials
- Long service life – make your railway vehicles last decades
- Sustainable – choose stainless steel from the global leader, with a carbon footprint 30% lower than the industry average
For railway
Recommended products
Outokumpu’s Forta range includes the strongest stainless steels in our portfolio, including duplex, H-Series and temper rolled austenitic and ferritic stainless steels.
Duplex (austenitic-ferritic) stainless steel combines many of the best properties of austenitic and ferritic stainless steels: high strength, good corrosion resistance and enhanced resistance to stress corrosion cracking.
Duplex (austenitic-ferritic) stainless steel combines many of the best properties of austenitic and ferritic stainless steels: high strength, good corrosion resistance and enhanced resistance to stress corrosion cracking.
Our key Forta range grades for railway applications:
- Forta 301L/301LN (EN 1.4318)
- Forta LDX2101 (1.4162)
- Forta H400 (EN1.4376)
- Forta H500 (EN1.4678)
- Forta H800 (EN1.4678)
- Forta 4589 (EN1.4589)
- Supra 316Ti (EN 1.4571)
- Supra 316plus (EN 1.4420)
- Moda 410L (EN 1.4003)