Railway electrification using alternating current (AC) at 15 kilovolts (kV) and 16.7 hertz (Hz) are used on transport railways in Germany, Austria, Switzerland...

of 25 kV AC electrification is closely connected with that of successfully using utility frequency. This electrification is ideal for railways that cover...

coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Electric railways in Sweden are powered from a single-phase AC supply of 15 kV at 16+2⁄3 Hz, as used in Germany, Austria...

electronically. Electric power supply system of railways in Norway List of installations for 15 kV AC railway electrification in Sweden List of power stations in...

railways in 1948, British Railways (BR) expanded electrification at both 1,500 V DC overhead and 660/750 V third rail. In 1956, BR adopted 25 kV AC overhead...

Burdwan, was upgraded to 25 kV AC in 1968. 25 kV AC railway electrification emerged as an economical form of electrification as a result of research and...

10% return on electrification investment (to replace diesel traction). By 1990, the electrification was about half 3 kV DC and half 25 kV AC 50 Hz and 70%...

Institute of Railway Engineers carried out calculations for railway electrification at 12 kV DC, showing that the equivalent loss levels for a 25 kV AC system...

between the railway electrification systems in Denmark and Sweden. Denmark uses 25 kV 50 Hz AC while Sweden uses 15 kV  16.7 Hz AC. The signalling systems...

municipalities) granted the BT an electrification loan of CHF 3.9 million. In order to ensure continuous electrification, BT had to lease the Wattwil–Ebnat-Kappel...

S-Bahn. The S-Bahn is the only railway in Germany that uses both 1,200 V DC supplied by a third rail and 15 kV  16+2⁄3 Hz AC supplied by overhead lines....

Plant. It was built in 1983 and opened on January 4, 1984. Electrification is at 50 kv AC overhead wire. The coal it hauls on the 33 miles (53 km) is...

is planned to be extended via Friedrichsdorf to Usingen, requiring electrification of the Taunusbahn line. The green light for the project was given in...

Germany. For traction current, see List of installations for 15 kV AC railway electrification in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. As of July 2023, Germany...

The Franz-Josefs-Bahn (lit. 'Emperor Franz Joseph railway line') is a standard gauge railway line in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It runs 163.1...

incorporated into the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB). In 1930, the SBB modified the electrification to its standard of 15 kV  16.7 Hz AC. In 1997 the branch line between...

Switzerland. For traction current see List of installations for 15 kV AC railway electrification in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. There are 556 hydroelectric...

5 kV DC. The Kalyan–Pune section was electrified with a 1.5 kV DC overhead system in 1930. The previously used 1.5 kV DC was converted to 25 kV AC on...

Sweden. For traction power, see List of installations for 15 kV AC railway electrification in Sweden. There are perhaps a thousand more hydroelectric...

was electrified in 1941 and 1942, using the standard Swiss main line system of 15 kV  16.7 Hz AC supplied by overhead line. The electrification led to...

(German: Schnellfahrstrecke Köln–Rhein/Main) is a 180-kilometre-long (110 mi) railway line in Germany, connecting the cities of Cologne and Frankfurt. Its route...

Ballygunge Junction to Budge Budge including Akra was completed with 25 kV AC overhead system in 1965–66. The platform is very much well sheltered. The...

"Electric Traction I". History of Electrification. IRFCA. Retrieved 20 March 2014. "From May 5, faster Central Railway with AC power". The Times of India. 30...

Quintus (4 January 2017). "Czechs to switch to 25 kV ac electrification". International Railway Journal. Michał Szymajda (17 January 2020). "Szybka...

kilometres (38.10 mi) long, standard gauge, double track and electrified at 15 kV  16.7 Hz AC supplied by overhead line. Between Zürich and Thalwil, the...

generation of traction current see List of installations for 15 kV AC railway electrification in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, for that of Mariazeller...

(Austrian Federal Railways), and consists of many branch lines. S-Bahn is short for Schnellbahn, which can be translated as "rapid railway". The Vienna S-Bahn...

rack line was rebuilt to Brünigbahn standards and a new overhead line for 15 kV 16⅔ Hz was built. On 19 December 1964, the line went back into business...

Lines were electrified at the time they opened. Norway, like Germany, Austria and Switzerland, uses single phase 15 kV AC railway electrification at 16 2/3 Hz...

The Laaer Ostbahn (lit. 'Laa Eastern railway line') is a railway line in Lower Austria. It runs 82.6 kilometres (51.3 mi) from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Laa...