Tractionel Enterprise has won the contract to supply and install the Overhead Contact Distribution System (OCDS) for Gautrain.  The contract was secured in the face of stiff competition from four other rail electrification companies, two of them overseas based.
Tractionel Enterprise is contracted to Bombardier, the electrical and mechanical partner in the Bombela Consortium.  The Contract involves the design, supply, installation, testing and commissioning of the OCDS on the open routes as well as the tunnels, and when finally completed, will cover a total track distance of approximately 170km.


In a first of its kind for Africa, a conductor rail system supplied by Furrer and Frey, a Swiss company represented in South Africa by Tractionel Enterprise, will be installed in the tunnels.
Installation of the OCDS system commenced in August 2008, with the intention of having the section which runs between OR Tambo Airport, Midrand and Sandton operational within the time frame set by Bombela.