Transit Cable – Subway Cable – LSZH Transit Cable – Low Soke Zero Halogen Transit Cable – New York City Transit Cable – NYCTA Transit Cable

Proterial Cable America is a premier manufacturer of transit communication and supervisory trackside cable solutions, trusted by major transit authorities nationwide. Our expertise ensures reliable, high-performance cables tailored to meet the demanding needs of transit infrastructure projects across the USA.

• Conductors:  16 – 22 AWG Solid Bare Copper and 19 AWG Stranded Bare Copper
• Insulation: Polyolefin
• Cable Assembly: 2-200 Pair
• Shield: Copper Tape
• Jacket: Low Smoke Zero Halogen – Black

•  NYCTA Approved
• Flame Test UL 1666
• NES 711 Issue 2 Smoke Index
• NES 711 Issue 3 Toxicity Index
• MIL 24643 Acid Gas
• MIL 24643 Halogen Content
• ASTM E 662-06 Smoke Generation (Flaming & Non-Flaming)
• ASTM D 471-06 Fluid Immersion

NYCTA TC Issue 7 P/N	Item Description	Cable Description
20-72-0378	42307-012	6 pair 16 AWG
20-72-0478	42307-024	12 pair 16 AWG
20-72-0478	42307-050	25 pair 16 AWG

Our Transit Cable is built for  long-term performance and reliability are a must for rail & transit cabling and connectivity. Wire and cable must provide superior performance, including flame retardancy, flexibility, abrasion resistance, and reduced weight and size. Partnerships with industry-leading suppliers means that American Data can offer a broad range of products that meet applicable AAR, UL, CSA, and other specifications, including Boeing, Bombardier, Amtrak, and NYCTA, ensuring you have the correct product for your application.

Please note on our website the specific New York City

Typical applications include diesel locomotive wiring that’s subject to heat and vibration and the wiring of light rail, passenger, and freight cars. The transit industry uses LSZH multicore telecommunications transmission cables for wayside signaling and communication purposes.

To accommodate specific wiring needs, you can order rail transit wire with different insulation thicknesses including reduced diameter, thin wall, medium wall, and heavy wall cables. Thanks to these specific qualities, automotive, off-road, and hybrid vehicle manufacturers also use these cables for low voltage applications.

True transit cables will typically have “Transit” right in its name, like our Transit Diesel Locomotive XLPO Wire 125°C or our Transit XLPO Multi-Conductor Wire UL1685 110°C. That doesn’t mean you can’t find other constructions, but it does mean that your cable may not be application-specific. Some of the alternative products and materials that may not be specifically used for transit but can still be used as an alternative are:

Power cable

Crosslinked Compounds: XLPO, XLPE and XLETFE

Low Smoke Zero Halogen (LSZH)

What are Halogen Cables?

Halogen-free cables are relatively popular products but are still used significantly less than their halogenated counterparts. Halogenated cables were the first type of insulated cable developed because of the respected materials’ price and reliability. Halogenated products are cables that were created using 1 of the following:

• Fluorine
• Chlorine
• Bromine
• Iodine
• Astatine

These cost-effective materials are what 80% of the wiring industry is made up of:

• PVC – Polyvinyl Chloride
• PE   – Polyethylene
• PO   – Polyolefin

These are also just some of the different types of materials that LSZH was designed to replace.

The First Insulated Cables?

Wire and cable have gone through many different stages throughout its existence. The first insulation that was used on a copper conductor was by Edison himself. Edison used asphaltum with linseed oil, beeswax, and paraffin to insulate a copper wire mounted inside an iron pipe. Typically, wire and cable were uninsulated copper conductors, which were very similar to uninsulated bus wire. These types of cables were common in the 1880s in NYC.