GEC Traction

GEC Traction Limited
Company typePlc / subsidiary
IndustryMechanical and electrical engineering
PredecessorEnglish Electric-AEI Traction Limited
Founded1972
Defunct1989
FateSubsumed within Alstom
SuccessorGEC Alsthom Traction Ltd, later Alstom Traction Ltd, later Alstom Transport
HeadquartersTrafford Park, Manchester, England
Key people
John Legg, Keith Appelbee (Managing Directors)
ProductsRailway traction equipment

GEC Traction Limited was a British industrial company formed in 1972 which designed and manufactured electric traction equipment for railway rolling stock. The company had manufacturing sites at Manchester, Preston and Sheffield and was a wholly owned subsidiary of General Electric Company.