Schaeffler Group Provides Bearings for Subway Motors

Schaeffler Group Provides Bearings for Subway Motors As part of the preparations for the Olympic Games in 2008, the entire metro network in Beijing is being comprehensively redeveloped. This also affects the Schaeffler Group. The Railway Product Line received an order for 410 bearing sets for traction motors from Bombardier Transportation Systems. These will be installed in the 192 cars for line 4 of the metro system. The construction of the line, which is 28 km long and has 24 stops, is the first metro project that is being completed as a public and private partnership on the Chinese mainland. The planned completion date is the end of 2007.