One-track mind: Top quality is a must for rail vehicle pumps.

The significance of rail traffic is steadily increasing – and so are the requirements placed on manufacturers: Powerful, durable and sustainable vehicles are in demand. Whether moving persons or goods, harsh conditions have to be handled by safety-relevant train components, such as KSB pumps. This includes extreme weather events as well as continuous vibrations and oscillation.

Also: If a rail vehicle has got a predicted service life of 30 years, our products too have to work reliably and safely for that same period of time, covering the entire life cycle. To minimise downtimes, regular servicing work is to be spaced out as far as possible. Total costs are to be kept down as well. Naturally, the components have to comply with all codes and standards that are internationally required.

Always on track: KSB products for the railway industry

Mounted on, under or directly in the train: KSB pumps are used by globally leading manufacturers for the most diverse of drive concepts, running tirelessly on countless railway lines around the globe. They can be relied on to deliver decades of safe and reliable operation, even under the toughest of conditions.

In order to meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, the railway system is to be given a boost for moving both, goods and persons. This is why KSB focuses on working with customers pioneering innovative and sustainable drive concepts, especially involving traction battery and fuel cell technology. Wherever CO2 can be saved, we provide well-founded expert know-how and offer tailored solutions. 

For more on environmentally friendly technologies at KSB see our web sites on

• CO₂ applications
• biofuels
• hydrogen applications
• and wind power

Fast-tracking your product and service quality

Our canned motor pumps reliably ensure cooling of critical components of our customers' drive systems. Meeting the many diverse requirements, KSB products can be found cooling converters, traction batteries and fuel cells.

Our certified pump portfolio with its high range of variants enables us to always find a tailored solution for our customers' individual installations. All our railway pumps are designed to operate highly reliably without any leakage for the entire lifetime of the train – with maintenance work only being required every 10 years or more.

Decades of close cooperation with our customers, tailored solutions and our service worldwide make us a popular partner for the rail industry.