Railway coupling by country
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Couplers are often known by more than one name. Compromise couplers or cars are used to transition between coupler types.
Contents
- 1 Coupler types
- 2 Africa
- 2.1 Algeria
- 2.2 Angola
- 2.3 Benin
- 2.4 Burkina Faso & Côte d'Ivoire
- 2.5 Cameroon
- 2.6 Congo~Brazzaville
- 2.7 Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 2.8 Egypt
- 2.9 Eritrea
- 2.10 Ethiopia
- 2.11 Gabon
- 2.12 Ghana
- 2.13 Liberia (Bong)
- 2.14 Malawi
- 2.15 Mali
- 2.16 Mauritania
- 2.17 Morocco
- 2.18 Mozambique
- 2.19 Nigeria
- 2.20 Senegal
- 2.21 South Africa
- 2.22 Sudan
- 2.23 Tanzania
- 2.24 Togo
- 2.25 Tunisia
- 3 Asia
- 4 Australia and New Zealand
- 5 Europe
- 6 North and Central America
- 7 South America
- 8 Gallery
- 9 See also
- 10 References
- 11 External links
Coupler types
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- AAR couplers, also known as American, Alliance, Buckeye, Janney or Knuckle
- Albert couplers
- ABC (Automatic Buffing Contact) couplers [1][2]
- Railway coupling#Multi-function couplers|BSI (Bergische Stahl Industrie) couplers
- CB (Center Buffer) couplers[3][4]
- English couplers, also known as British, Euro, Screw+Buffers, Chain+Buffers, UIC.
- GF couplers
- H2C couplers
- Link and Pin couplers
- Miller couplers
- Norwegian ('meatchopper') couplers
- Pin and Cup couplers
- Russian couplers, also known as Willison or SA3. Variants include the Unicoupler/AK69e and C-AKv.
- Scharfenberg couplers
- Ward couplers[5]
- Wedge Lock couplers, also known as London.
- CBC couplers
Africa
Algeria
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- English, Russian couplers on 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge track[6]
- English couplers on 1,055 mm (3 ft 5 1⁄2 in) gauge track[6]
Angola
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- AAR couplers[6]
Benin
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Burkina Faso & Côte d'Ivoire
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Cameroon
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- Russian couplers[6]
Congo~Brazzaville
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- SA3 coupler[6]
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Egypt
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Eritrea
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Ethiopia
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- AAR couplers[12]
Gabon
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- Russian couplers
Ghana
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- Norwegian couplers on historic stock
- AAR couplers on modern stock
Liberia (Bong)
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- Link and pin couplers
Malawi
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- AAR couplers[13]
Mali
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- like Senegal
Mauritania
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- AAR couplers
Morocco
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- English couplers[14]
Mozambique
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Nigeria
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- AAR couplers
Senegal
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- English couplers on freight and passenger stock
- Norwegian couplers on Indian Stock[15]
South Africa
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- AAR couplers on traditional stock[13]
- Scharfenberg couplers on passenger stock
Sudan
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Tanzania
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- AAR couplers on 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge track
- Norwegian couplers on 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge track[7]
Togo
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- Center buffer and side chain couplers
- Norwegian couplers on Indian Stock
Tunisia
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- English couplers
Asia
Bangladesh
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- AAR couplers on 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) Stock
- Norwegian couplers on 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Stock[6]
Cambodia
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- English couplers
China
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- AAR couplers on passenger and freight stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on high speed (CRH) and subway trains
- BSI couplers on Hong Kong passenger units (MTR)
India
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- English couplers on historic stock
- AAR couplers on modern stock[18]
- Norwegian couplers on 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge track[19]
- ABC couplers on narrow gauge stock
- Scharfenberg Couplers on Mass Transit systems (EMU/DEMU)
Indonesia
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- Norwegian couplers on traditional stock
- AAR couplers and Shibata couplers on modern stock
Iran
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- English, Russian (C-AKv) combo couplers on freight and passenger stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on passenger stock
Iraq
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Israel
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- English couplers on freight and passenger stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on passenger stock
Japan
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- English couplers on historic stock
- AAR couplers on freight and passenger stock
- Shibata couplers (based on Scharfenberg couplers) on passenger stock
Malaysia
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- Norwegian couplers on historic stock
- AAR couplers on modern stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on ERL, LRT, MRT and Monorail.
Russia
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- Russian couplers on domestic stock (with side buffers on passenger coaches)
- English couplers on Euro Stock (exchanged on the border)
- Scharfenberg couplers on some passenger unit trains (Velaro, Desiro)
South Korea
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- English, link and pin couplers on historic stock
- AAR couplers on modern stock[22]
- Shibata couplers (based on Scharfenberg couplers) on Subways and metro car
Sri Lanka
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- Buffers and AAR couplers
Thailand
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- AAR couplers on every SRT rolling stocks
- Norwegian couplers on historic stocks
- Scharfenberg couplers on mass-transit trains
- Wedge Lock, Ward couplers on London Underground stock
- Narrow gauge lines use a mixture of couplings.
Vietnam
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- AAR couplers on both 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) and 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) rolling stock
Australia and New Zealand
Australia
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- English, Norwegian couplers on historic stock
- AAR couplers on freight and passenger stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on passenger stock
New Zealand
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- English, Norwegian couplers on historic stock
- AAR couplers on modern stock
- Scharfenberg on some commuter stock (AM, FP classes)
Europe
Austria
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- English couplers on standard gauge stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on passenger units
- Bosna or Scharfenberg couplers on narrow gauge stock
Finland
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- English (UIC) couplers on passenger cars and most freight cars and on historical locomotives
- Russian SA3 couplers on Russian cars and some heavy duty freight cars
- "Unilink" (SA3 clone with UIC-style screw link) or "Vapiti" (SA3 clone with movable link arm for English couplers) couplers on the majority of locomotives; compatible with SA3 and English (UIC) center hook
- Scharfenberg (some made by Dellner) couplers or Secheron GF couplers on passenger multiple-unit stock
France
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- English couplers on freight and passenger stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on passenger stock (multiple units and high speed trains only)
- Russian couplers on unit ore trains
Germany
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- English couplers on freight and passenger stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on passenger stock
- AK69e and C-AKv couplers on unit ore trains
- AK69e and Russian SA-3 mixed in trains via Mukran ferry terminal
- Scharfenberg or central buffer couplers on narrow gauge stock
Greece
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- English on freight and passenger stock
- Scharfenberg on passenger stock
- Center buffer and side chains on narrow gauge stock
Hungary
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- English on freight and passenger stock
- Scharfenberg on multiple units (in some cases jointly with side buffers)
- BSI with side buffers on BDVmot electric multiple units
- Link-and-pin on narrow gauge stock
Italy
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- English couplers on standard gauge stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on some EMU/DMU and FS Class E.464
Netherlands
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- English couplers on freight and passenger stock
- BSI, Scharfenberg couplers on passenger stock
- Russian couplers on unit ore trains
Norway
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- English couplers on freight and passenger stock
- Norwegian couplers on historic stock, narrow gauge only
- Scharfenberg couplers on passenger stock (multiple units)
- Russian SA3 couplers on unit ore trains (Ofoten Line)
Poland
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- English couplers on freight and passenger stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on passenger stock
- Russian couplers on unit ore trains and Russian interchange stock
Romania
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- English on freight and passenger stock
- Scharfenberg on Desiro multiple units and some ex-German rail buses
- Link-and-pin on narrow gauge stock
Russia
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- Russian couplers on domestic stock (with side buffers on passenger coaches)
- English couplers on Euro Stock (exchanged on the border)
- Scharfenberg couplers on some passenger unit trains (Velaro, Desiro)
Spain
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- English couplers on freight and loco hauled passenger stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on multiple unit passenger stock
Sweden
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- English couplers on freight and passenger stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on passenger stock
- Russian couplers on iron ore trains (Iron Ore Line)
- Variant of Norwegian couplers on historic (museum) narrow-gauge stock
Switzerland
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- English couplers on standard gauge stock
- GFV, Schwab, Scharfenberg or BSI couplers on passenger units
- AK69e couplers within BLS EW III sets
- GF, GFV or center buffer couplers on meter and narrow gauge stock
Turkey
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- English couplers on traditional stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on passenger stock
- Russian couplers on mining stock
Ukraine
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- Russian (SA3) couplers on wide gauge rolling stock
- Combined Russian/English couplers on SUW2000 gauge-changing coaches
- Scharfenberg couplers on some EMU trains
- Central buffer and chain couplers on narrow gauge rolling stock
United Kingdom
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- BSI couplers on older multiple unit passenger stock
- Deliner & Scharfenberg coupling heads on most new multiple units but a variety of electrical connection systems.
- English couplings, AAR couplers on some freight stock, most loco hauled passenger stock has a 2⁄3rd size Janney/Buckeye coupler[citation needed]
- Wedge Lock, Ward couplers on London Underground stock
- Narrow gauge lines use a mixture of couplings.
North and Central America
Canada
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- AAR couplers on traditional stock
- Scharfenberg, Wedge Lock, H2C couplers on transit stock
Mexico
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- AAR couplers on traditional stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on passenger stock
United States
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- AAR couplers on mainline freight and passenger stock
- Link Pin, Miller couplers on historic stock. Converted to AAR couplers 1893~1900 per Safety Appliance Act
- Older city systems have unique coupler designs for transit stock, e.g. H2C couplers on New York Subway revenue stock
- Scharfenberg couplers on newer light rail and transit systems
- Pin Cup coupler on multiple unit transit stock
- Russian couplers on industrial and mining Stock
South America
Argentina
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- English couplers on 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) and on 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge[6]
- AAR couplers on at least some Buenos Aires passenger equipment (observed 1997)
- AAR couplers on 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge[6]
Brazil
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Chile
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- AAR couplers[6]
- English couplers in coaches and locomotives bought to Spain
- Scharfemberg couplers in passenger units bought to Spain
Paraguay
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- English couplers[25]
Uruguay
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- English couplers[25]
Gallery
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Sri Lankan train with both buffers and centre couplers.
See also
References
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- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 Jane's World Railways 2002–2003 p5
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://www.steam.dial.pipex.com/africa.htm
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- ↑ Jane's World Railways 1969/1970 pp 594/595
- ↑ http://www.ajg41.clara.co.uk/iraq/links.html
- ↑ Railway Gazette International Aug 2008 p517
- ↑ Jane's World Railways 1969/1970 pp 501 thru 504
- ↑ Railway Gazette International April 2009, p61
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