ABB

ABB worked with Walkers on the EMUs and ICEs, and in 1996 it put its rail business into Adtranz with Daimler-Benz.

Based in Switzerland.

Became part of

History

  1. 1883

    ASEA founded in Västerås, Sweden.

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  2. 5 January 1988

    ASEA and Brown, Boveri & Cie merged as ABB.

    ASEA's article gives 1 January 1988.Source

  3. 1990

    Bought Comeng's Dandenong plant in Melbourne.

    Source

  4. 1 January 1996

    Rail business merged with Daimler-Benz's to form Adtranz. See Adtranz.

    Source

Multiple units and railmotors

Class Built at Number Years Notes
Walkers/Adtranz Electric Multiple Unit (EMU)Maryborough, with Walkers Limited881979
Walkers/Adtranz InterCity Express (ICE)Maryborough, with Walkers Limited201988
Comeng/ABB XPTDandenong, VicXP2015-XP2018Ordered in 1991 with 13 carriages

References

'Adtranz', Wikipedia (accessed October 2026)
'ASEA', Wikipedia (accessed October 2026)
'ABB', Wikipedia (accessed October 2026)
'Commonwealth Engineering', Wikipedia (accessed October 2026)