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Home > Market Sectors > Transportation > Rail

Rail

For over 60 years, Saft has specialized in designing, manufacturing, and suppling high-tech railway batteries.
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Overview

World-leader with 100 years experience in the design, development and implementation of high-technology batteries for rail, whether for on-board backup, engine starting, regenerative traction or trackside applications.

 

 

A century of railway adventures

 

Saft’ origins are closely linked to the rail sector. One of the company’s first orders was for batteries to power electric luggage trolleys around the Gare de Lyon, Paris. Watch the video and find out how Saft has been powering worldwide rail systems for over a century.

 >100  rail networks globally
>100
rail networks globally
75% of world's metros
75%
world’s metros
>50% on board of the world’s high-speed trains
>50%
on board of the world’s high-speed trains
60 years industry track record
60
year industry track record
11 specialized ranges
11
specialized ranges
2 kWh - 420 kWh
2 kWh - 420 kWh
No maintenance for 5-10 years
No maintenance for
5-10
years
‘Near-zero’ maintenance costs
‘Near-zero’
maintenance costs
20 years
Life cycle
20
years
Temperatures from -50°C to +65°C
Temperatures from
-50°C
to +65°C
20,000 rail battery installed worldwide
20,000
rail battery installed worldwide
30% energy saving from braking
30%
energy saving from braking
Products & solutions
All
Auxiliary backup
Back-up application
Battery systems and accessories
Engine starting
Regenerative hybrid traction
  • Intensium® Max for efficient trackside energy storage

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  • Ion-OnBoard® Regen, the Li-ion regenerative hybrid traction battery system

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  • Modul'ion®

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  • MRX, delivering high-energy and power performance

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  • MSX, providing high power capability and cycling performance

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  • Rail battery systems

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  • Rail Water Filling Systems and Cell topping-up equipment

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  • SMRX-F3, optimized for backup and starting diesel engines

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  • SRA, outstanding reliability for auxiliary backup in extreme temperatures

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  • SRM+, ensuring long-term total reliability in high energy applications

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  • SRM-F3, providing reliable performance year after year

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  • SRX, delivering high-power performance for railways

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  • MRX, delivering high-energy and power performance

    View Product
  • MSX, providing high power capability and cycling performance

    View Product
  • SMRX-F3, optimized for backup and starting diesel engines

    View Product
  • SRA, outstanding reliability for auxiliary backup in extreme temperatures

    View Product
  • SRM+, ensuring long-term total reliability in high energy applications

    View Product
  • SRM-F3, providing reliable performance year after year

    View Product
  • SRX, delivering high-power performance for railways

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  • KPL KPM KPH Ni-Cd batteries

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  • Rail battery systems

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  • Rail Water Filling Systems and Cell topping-up equipment

    View Product
  • MSX, providing high power capability and cycling performance

    View Product
  • SMRX-F3, optimized for backup and starting diesel engines

    View Product
  • SRX, delivering high-power performance for railways

    View Product
  • Intensium® Max for efficient trackside energy storage

    View Product
  • Ion-OnBoard® Regen, the Li-ion regenerative hybrid traction battery system

    View Product

 

 

 

With Saft’s upgraded Ni-Cd battery range, customers can reduce life cycle costing and transportation’s carbon footprint.

Discover all the benefits that our batteries MRX, MSX, SMRX and SRA can bring to your rail systems.

Rail case studies

Saft rail batteries stand the test of time in starting Brazil’s freight-hauling locomotives

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Saft batteries pass the test of time for Finland's double-decker passenger trains

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Saft batteries support vital control and safety functions on Hong Kong’s MTR metro system

Read More

Saft batteries ensure smooth running for Singapore’s MRT Metropolis driverless trains

Read More

MRX battery systems to replace lead-acid batteries on SNCF’s entire TER 2N NG fleet

Read More

Saft extreme temperature batteries to keep trains running during 2014 Winter Olympics

Read More

Refurbishment services keep Hitachi’s Class 395 batteries in perfect condition

Read More

Saft MSX batteries ‘step-up’ to the reliability challenge for Hitachi’s Class 800 series UK trains

Read More

Related stories & events

09/10/2023 - 11/10/2023

Orlando, Florida

APTA EXPO 2023

Orange County Convention Center

01/10/2023 - 04/10/2023

Indianapolis, Indiana

RSSI 2023
19/09/2022
Saft delivers backup batteries for Grand Paris Express
21/04/2022
Cedric Duclos is appointed new Chief Executive Officer of Saft
28/02/2022
Saft wins first contract with Toshiba for backup power on board Taiwan trains
17/01/2022
Decades of Saft battery reliability for Beijing subway
27/08/2021
Saft delivers second batch of emergency traction batteries for the Moscow Metro
17/06/2021
Keeping the Moscow Metro moving
17/06/2021
The power behind Saft’s eco-design efforts
17/06/2021
Preparing for the new EU Batteries Regulation
25/03/2021
Saft partners with Colas Rail to modernize Serbia’s rail trackside infrastructure
15/10/2020
Saft powers new Moscow Metro train “Moskva-2020” with first emergency traction system
Product & Solutions

 

Saft onboard and trackside battery solutions are built on nickel-based and lithium-ion technologies. Compact and lighter, the reliable design of Saft batteries ensures a long and predictable service life. Our solutions cover main applications such as :

  • Auxiliary backup
  • Engine starting
  • Regenerative traction
  • Trackside signaling

 

Product & solutions
All
Auxiliary backup
Back-up application
Battery systems and accessories
Engine starting
Regenerative hybrid traction
  • Intensium® Max for efficient trackside energy storage

    View Product
  • Ion-OnBoard® Regen, the Li-ion regenerative hybrid traction battery system

    View Product
  • Modul'ion®

    View Product
  • MRX, delivering high-energy and power performance

    View Product
  • MSX, providing high power capability and cycling performance

    View Product
  • Rail battery systems

    View Product
  • Rail Water Filling Systems and Cell topping-up equipment

    View Product
  • SMRX-F3, optimized for backup and starting diesel engines

    View Product
  • SRA, outstanding reliability for auxiliary backup in extreme temperatures

    View Product
  • SRM+, ensuring long-term total reliability in high energy applications

    View Product
  • SRM-F3, providing reliable performance year after year

    View Product
  • SRX, delivering high-power performance for railways

    View Product
  • MRX, delivering high-energy and power performance

    View Product
  • MSX, providing high power capability and cycling performance

    View Product
  • SMRX-F3, optimized for backup and starting diesel engines

    View Product
  • SRA, outstanding reliability for auxiliary backup in extreme temperatures

    View Product
  • SRM+, ensuring long-term total reliability in high energy applications

    View Product
  • SRM-F3, providing reliable performance year after year

    View Product
  • SRX, delivering high-power performance for railways

    View Product
  • KPL KPM KPH Ni-Cd batteries

    View Product
  • Rail battery systems

    View Product
  • Rail Water Filling Systems and Cell topping-up equipment

    View Product
  • MSX, providing high power capability and cycling performance

    View Product
  • SMRX-F3, optimized for backup and starting diesel engines

    View Product
  • SRX, delivering high-power performance for railways

    View Product
  • Intensium® Max for efficient trackside energy storage

    View Product
  • Ion-OnBoard® Regen, the Li-ion regenerative hybrid traction battery system

    View Product

Rail case studies

Saft rail batteries stand the test of time in starting Brazil’s freight-hauling locomotives

Read More

Saft batteries pass the test of time for Finland's double-decker passenger trains

Read More

Saft batteries support vital control and safety functions on Hong Kong’s MTR metro system

Read More

Saft batteries ensure smooth running for Singapore’s MRT Metropolis driverless trains

Read More

MRX battery systems to replace lead-acid batteries on SNCF’s entire TER 2N NG fleet

Read More

Saft extreme temperature batteries to keep trains running during 2014 Winter Olympics

Read More

Refurbishment services keep Hitachi’s Class 395 batteries in perfect condition

Read More

Saft MSX batteries ‘step-up’ to the reliability challenge for Hitachi’s Class 800 series UK trains

Read More
Global References

With 100 years of experience in the rail industry, an industrial presence in Asia (China and India), Saft is a specialist in the design, manufacture and supply on high-tech railway batteries.

 

Related stories & events

09/10/2023 - 11/10/2023

Orlando, Florida

APTA EXPO 2023

Orange County Convention Center

01/10/2023 - 04/10/2023

Indianapolis, Indiana

RSSI 2023
28/01/2022
Saft's highlights 2021 - Batteries to energize the world

17/01/2022
Decades of Saft battery reliability for Beijing subway
17/06/2021
Preparing for the new EU Batteries Regulation
17/06/2021
Keeping the Moscow Metro moving
17/06/2021
The power behind Saft’s eco-design efforts
18/09/2020
Infographics: Why are Saft batteries the best choice for train operation?
23/06/2020
Staying resilient and safe during the COVID-19 crisis
23/06/2020
Saft’s research melting pot
23/06/2020
Solid-state technology – the quest for the ‘Holy Grail’
23/06/2020
Gaining traction for emission-free railways
Documentation & Downloads
  • Saft delivers final lithium-ion batteries for catenary-free CAF Urbos trams in Birmingham, UK

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • CRRC Sifang America chooses Saft backup batteries on board Chicago's L trains

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Saft Li-ion batteries power catenary-free CAF Urbos trams in Birmingham

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • MSX Product brochure

    Product brochure Download (Chinese)
  • Railway market brochure

    Market Brochure Download (Chinese)
  • SRA Product Brochure

    Product brochure Download (Chinese)
  • Railway market brochure

    Market Brochure Download (Chinese)
  • Beijing Metro maintenance

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Rail battery systems product datasheet

    Product datasheet
  • Rail market brochure

    Market Brochure Download (English)
  • SRA Product Brochure

    Product brochure Download (English)
  • SMRX-F3 Product Brochure

    Product brochure Download (English)
  • MRX product brochure

    Product brochure
  • MSX Product brochure

    Product brochure Download (English)
  • Saft rail batteries stand the test of time in starting Brazil’s freight-hauling locomotives (Chinese)

    Customer case study Download (Chinese)
  • Saft rail batteries stand the test of time in starting Brazil’s freight-hauling locomotives

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • SMRX-F3

    Product datasheet Download (English)
  • SRA Product Datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (French)
  • SMRX Product Datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (French)
  • SRM+ product datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (French)
  • MRX product datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (French)
  • MSX Product Datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (French)
  • SRX product datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (French)
  • SRM+ product datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (English)
  • MRX product datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (English)
  • SRX product datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (English)
  • SMRX Product Datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (English)
  • SRM F3 product datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (English)
  • SRA Product Datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (English)
  • VR Group Finnish Rail Case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Ion-OnBoard® Regen 515 - 218 product datasheet

    Product datasheet
  • Ion-OnBoard® Regen 792 - 238 product datasheet

    Product datasheet
  • CAF Tallin trams case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • SNCF TER 2N NG case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • CRRC Changchun metro case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Cell topping-up equipment for Ni-Cd batteries (AC) product datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (English)
  • Cell topping-up equipment for Ni-Cd batteries (DC) product datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (English)
  • Railway market brochure

    Market Brochure
  • Modul’ion®-12 Power Product datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (English)
  • Ion-Onboard® Regen Li-ion Battery System product brochure

    Product brochure
  • Hitachi's Class 395 case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • SRM+ product brochure

    Product brochure Download (English)
  • Alstom Singapore’s Metropolis case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Hitachi's Class 800 series UK case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Hyundai Rotem Hyderabad's new Metro case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Alstom Chennai Metro case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Commissioning kits for Ni-Cd batteries product datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (English)
  • SEPTA case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Water Filling System and Station product datasheet

    Product datasheet Download (English)
  • CSR Malaysia’s new commuter trains case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Siemens Desiro Russia case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Pendolino Finland case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • CNR CRC Hong Kong’s MTR metro case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Bombardier Karlsruhe Flexity tram-trains case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • Bombardier case study

    Customer case study Download (English)
  • SRM F3 product brochure

    Product brochure Download (English)
  • SRX product brochure

    Product brochure Download (English)
  • SMRX F3 product brochure

    Product brochure Download (English)
  • Karlsruhe Tram-trains case study

    Customer case study Download (English)

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