Turnouts / Switches, Setting and Monitoring Devices


Santon electro-mechanical switches are available from 16A to 1,000A and up to 1,500VAC and DC.

Our electro-mechanical switches are optionally available in plastic or steel enclosures of IP54 to IP68, chemical resistant and EMC-tight.

We also produce train door switches, battery switches, wagon connection switches, multi-pole selector switches, driver direction switches, linear direction switches, cabin heating switches, etc.

Our multi-pole driver-direction switches have plug-and-play capability and are key-lockable.

Our door control switches arevandalism proof,shock andvibration proof, and conductor-keyoperated.

High-speed turnouts
VAE is the only company in the world that has so far supplied more than 500 high-speed turnouts.
Railway turnouts
The new system concept for Turnouts: Modules for locking, setting and detecting as a condition for pre-assembling, adjusting and testing in the workshop, just-in-time delivery and plug-and-play tracklaying.
Hydraulic Setting Device HYDROSTAR
The Hydraulic Setting Device HYDROSTAR with integrated locking, hydraulic transmitting and electronic detecting is located in a hollow sleeper which makes machine tamping of switch device possible.
Points and crossings
VAE points and crossings offer the lowest life-cycle costs through their extremely long operating life. An extensive range of moveable frogs ensures optimum solutions for almost every requirement.
Rail movement joints
Even with rail movement joints, VAE is definitely in the lead: the largest such system in the world was supplied for the bridges at Hong Kong airport.


Switchpoint Heating AB's electrical heating systems includes railway switch-point heating with flexible elements, with purpose to maintain switchpoints functionality without manual clearing.

Our complete range of high-performance, flexible railway heating systems.

The VELOX switch-point heating system can be used with most existing control systems that supply 230V on the feeder cable to the point heating system.


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