A transverse flux electrical machine comprising a rotor portion and a stator portion is presented, the stator portion comprising a plurality of cores for use in conjunction with the rotor, each of the plurality of cores comprising a plurality of ferromagnetic sheet material layers substantially bent in a “U” configuration and stacked one on top of the other, a surface of each sheet material layer being substantially parallel with a core axis of the “U” configuration for reducing eddy currents therein and a pair of legs including, respectively, a reduction portion along the legs, toward a pair of poles thereof.