Products > Comfort Heat

RTR designs and manufactures electric radiant heating panels for floors and walls of railcars. These heated surfaces provide Comfort Heating to passengers and operators through radiant and convective heating systems.

RTR's Transit Vehicle Surface Heating (TVSH) is an innovative radiant Comfort Heating System for the Rail and Mass Transit Industry. Our TVSH system can satisfy the heating requirements specified below the windows, even in excess of 30 KW per car. We can also provide unheated composite panels to provide a complete flooring solution for your next project.

• Passenger compartment floors, walls,side panels and wind screens
• Operator’s cab floors and side panels
• Articulation floors
• Bath / Shower floors and side panels

• Prudent capital investment > significant long-term savings greatly exceeds initial cost
• Uniform comfortable heating > warm feet = happy riders and operators
• Radiant heat operates at 67⁰F vs. 70⁰F (ASHRAE guidance) > 15% cost savings
• Lighter materials > fuel cost savings
• No hot surfaces to touch > better comfort and improved risk management
• Easier cleaning and reliable / continued efficiency
• Superior floor strength > syntactic materials unaffected by water / 40-year design life
• No baseboard heating system to damage and maintain
• Health and Safety > Improved Indoor Air Quality