Union Carriage & Wagon

Union Carriage & Wagon
Industry Rail transport
Founded 1957[1]
Headquarters Nigel, South Africa
Products Rolling stock
Website www.ucw.co.za

Union Carriage & Wagon (UCW) is a rolling stock manufacturer in South Africa.

In 1964, UCW delivered its first electrical locomotives to the South African Railways, the South African Class 5E1, Series 2.[1] The Class 5E1 was also the first electrical locomotive to be produced in quantity in South Africa.[2]

In 1974, UCW entered the international market with orders from Angola and Zambia.

Rolling stock for Gautrain is assembled at the UCW plant in Nigel under a partnership agreement between Bombardier Transportation and UCW.[3][4][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "History". Union Carriage & Wagon. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  2. ↑ South African Railways Index and Diagrams Electric and Diesel Locomotives, 610mm and 1065mm Gauges, Ref LXD 14/1/100/20, 28 January 1975, as amended
  3. ↑ "assembly process at Union Carriage and Wagon Partnership". Gautrain. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  4. ↑ "Renewed hope for jobs in Nigel as Union Carriage and Wagon Partnership (UCWP) starts assembling Gautrain vehicles". 10 September 2008. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Radebe, Jeff (11 September 2009). "Address at the Union Carriage and Wagon Partnership's (UCWP's) 10M4 launch". Department of Transport. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
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