Kosei Kensetsu, a subsidiary of the West Japan Railway Company, is taking various structural measures to improve travel safety and to minimise damage. When employing these sleepers, Plasser & Theurer’s SES 170 enters the scene, along with one of the most important machine operators in western Japan: Ryo Ishibashi. Despite his crucial job, he is dubbed “The Troublemaker”.

Youta Koichi works at a subsidiary of the Nagano Electric Railway Company. A small special tamping machine is particularly close to his heart: Plasser & Theurer's custom-made UNIMA 4. A surprising fact: the 40-year-old is not at all interested in operating the machine. His expertise lies elsewhere ...

In addition to the printed spare parts catalogues, we offer the option to find original spare parts in our SmartCatalog. It runs on smartphones and tablets with iOS or Android operating systems, and from now on also as a web application on your PC or laptop.

Almost 30 years have passed since the first high-speed railway lines were opened in Germany at the beginning of June 1991. So it’s time to start renewing this infrastructure that is subjected to large loads. In June 2019, this work was started and is planned to be carried out over the next five years.