Corus beats competition to win Bergamo Tramway contract

Corus has won an international contract to study the wheel/rail contact position on the Bergamo Tramway in Italy after a period of intense international competition.

The study awarded by Consorzio Cooperative Costruzioni (CCC), one of the largest construction companies in Italy, began in March and should take approximately 3 weeks. The main aim of the study is to define the optimum wheel / rail profile combination for minimum material wear and maximum ride quality.

In addition to this highly technical contract Corus will also supply the consortium building the tram with a combination of RI59N grooved rail and UNI50 vignole rail, the first of which are scheduled for delivery this year.

Speaking about the contract Alyson Armett, Business Manager, Corus Railway Infrastructure Services said:

“Corus will conduct a computer dynamic evaluation of the proposed combination of wheel profiles and rail profiles in order to define the contact patch characteristics and position of the rail.   Following the simulation, we may need to suggest amendments to the wheel profile geometry in order to ensure correct placement of the wheel/rail contact patch”.