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[[Image:19880816-TRIPOLIS-GANZ-A6463.jpg | thumb | Metric gauge Ganz-Mávag trainset of [[Organismós Sidirodrómon Elládos | Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE)]] at Tripolis, Greece]]
The '''Ganz''' ('''Ganz vállalatok''', ''"Ganz companies"'') electric works in [[Budapest]] is probably best known for the manufacture of [[tramcars]], but was also a pioneer in the application of [[three-phase]] [[alternating current]] to [[electric railway]]s.
See also [[Kálmán Kandó]], [[Ottó Bláthy]] and [[railway electrification system]]s.
It is named after [[Ábrahám Ganz]].
==Locomotives==
In 1982 - 1983 Ganz-Mávag supplied an order for [[electric multiple units]] to [[ONTRACK|New Zealand Railways Corporation]] for Wellington suburban services. The order was made in 1979, and was for 44 powered units and 44 trailer units, see [[NZR EM class]].
[[Image:Tranz_Metro_EMU_Wellington.jpg|right|thumb|A Tranz Metro EM class Ganz-Mávag unit in service in the Hutt Valley, New Zealand]]
In 1976 Ganz-Mávag supplied ten 3-car diesel trainset to the [[Organismós Sidirodrómon Elládos | Hellenic Railways Organization (OSE)]], designated as Class AA-91 and four metric gauge 4-car trainsets, designated as Class A-6451. In 1981-82 Ganz-Mávag supplied to OSE 11 B-B diesel-hydraulic DHM7-9 locomotives, designated as class A-251. Finally, in 1983, OSE bought eleven 3-car metric gauge trainsets, designated as Class A-6461. All these locomotives and trainsets have been withdrawn with the exeption of one standard and one metric gauge trainset.
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