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Being there is what counts.

And that’s what Voith makes possible.

Just imagine: It’s the Olympics … but no one shows up! Anyone who has ever tried to make it from one end of London to the other through dense city traffic won’t find that thought so bizarre. But the anticipated traffic collapse didn´t occur. Included in its bidding conditions for the 30th Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee had insisted on a sophisticated transportation plan for the 800,000 guests each day. Now, London had put it all in place … in cooperation with Voith.

Buses and trains have long been the most important forms of transport in this city of eight million, where 3.5 million commuters travel by subway (or the Tube, as it’s known here) every day. That's the equivalent of having all the inhabitants of Berlin travel by subway at the same time. Those who ride in one of the 3,000 Tube trains through the underground tunnels are always in the company of a Voith wedgelock couplers. This means they can be sure that the individual cars will not only remain mechanically connected to each other but pneumatically and electrically as well, so that the doors will continue to open and the power lines won’t end abruptly. 

Javelin Train

Whatever sporting events you wanted to see in London, Voith was very likely to accompany you on your trip to the venue.

While the competition for medals was going on in the brand-new Olympic Stadium, the city’s transport companies were engaged in a competition of their own, a race against the clock. The ”Javelin“ train alone – the U.K.'s first high-speed train, which is also equipped with Voith technology – carried thousands of passengers an hour. It took only about seven minutes to travel from London St. Pancras International Station in the center of the city to Stratford International Station in the city’s east. The Eurostar uses Voith couplings as it carries passengers from Paris or Brussels through the tunnel under the North Sea, while other trains brought visitors from Scotland and elsewhere in the United Kingdom. The railway company Virgin Trains alone had increased the operating times for long-distance trains from 18 to 22.5 hours, and more than 470 Voith Industrial Services employees kept the compartments in top condition around the clock.

Whatever sporting events you may wanted to see in London, Voith very likely to accompany you on your trip to the venue.

After all, Voith has been established in the United Kingdom for 50 years, with Voith Industrial Services offering customized ”make-ready services“ for transport companies and with Voith Turbo serving as a competent partner for transmission systems. Moreover, anyone who looks for information about sports events in the newspaper is holding a piece of Voith in his hand: The paper is produced on newsprint made at the world’s largest paper-making facility at King’s Lynn, where a Voith paper machine has pride of place. There is also time-tested Voith technology on the Thames: Voith Schneider Propellers drive the three ferries in the southern district of Woolwich. Each of them carries passengers and vehicles with a total weight of up to 200 tons per trip, and has been doing that for 50 years as well.