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    development of 25 kV AC electrification is closely connected with that of successfully using utility frequency. This electrification is ideal for railways that...
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    Railway electrification using alternating current (AC) at 15 kilovolts (kV) and 16.7 hertz (Hz) are used on transport railways in Germany, Austria, Switzerland...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    Chennai, Tamil Nadu. All routes are electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz AC power supply from overhead lines. The Indian Railways plans to build a 700 MW gas-based...
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    run on 25 kV AC. Ridership on India's suburban railways has risen from 1.2 million in 1970–71 to 4.4 million in 2012–13. The suburban railways of Mumbai...
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    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%...
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    PTE Class 304 25 kV AC EMUs Class 505 1500 V DC Altrincham Electrics Suburban electrification of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Cheshire Lines...
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    then electrify it. By itself, electrification was not projected to significantly improve service, and the high estimated cost of electrification and its...
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    system at 25 kV alternating current with at 60 Hz, the standard frequency in North America. The system is also known as the Northend Electrification, in contrast...
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  • on the diesel locomotives due to the excessive coal dust. Electrification is at 25 kV 60 Hz AC overhead line. The railroad does not have any connection...
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    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...
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    Seoul Subway Line 1 (category 25 kV AC railway electrification)
    with through services to newly-electrified (at the mainline KNR standard of 25 kV AC 60 Hz) national mainline railways from Seongbuk station (now: Kwangwoon...
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    1,500 V DC. Sydney suburban lines were electrified from 1926 using the same system. Later Australian systems used 25 kV 50 Hz AC electrification, which...
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    Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line (category High-speed railway lines in Spain)
    within this tunnel. The line uses standard gauge track and 25 kV AC railway electrification at 50 Hz, consistent with the French LGV and Spanish AVE high-speed...
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    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...
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    The Boten–Vientiane railway is the Lao section of the Laos–China Railway (LCR), running between the capital Vientiane and the northern town of Boten on...
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  • Line 7 (Mumbai Metro) (category 25 kV AC railway electrification)
    Metro's Purple Line and Aqua Line in April 2019. Line 7 is electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz AC, with power provided via an overhead catenary. The MMRDA signed...
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    Line 1 (Mumbai Metro) (category 25 kV AC railway electrification)
    supplying power systems to Line 1 on 31 July 2008. The line is electrified using 25 kV AC at 50 Hz via overhead catenary. In early 2017, MMOPL completed...
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    The Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway (or Jinghu high-speed railway, from its name in Mandarin) is a high-speed railway that connects two major economic...
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    Tokaido Shinkansen (category 25 kV AC railway electrification)
    Osaka was congested. Even after its electrification the next year, the line was still the busiest in Japan's railway network by a long margin, with demand...
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    maximum speed of 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph). Trains are powered by 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead line equipment which is powered by a substation in Beckenham...
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    Hokuriku Shinkansen (category 25 kV AC railway electrification)
    proposed to be capable of operating under both the 25 kV AC electrification used on the Shinkansen and the 1.5 kV DC system employed on conventional lines. The...
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    north-western suburbs. The service is operated on the Northern Suburbs Railway by Transperth Train Operations, a division of the Public Transport Authority...
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    electrification that coexist in France: 1,500 V DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC. The electrification of the French railway network was made in four phases. First, at...
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    Mumbai Metro (category 25 kV AC railway electrification)
    Ask". web.archive.org. 25 June 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2024. Mumbai Suburban Railway Network. Western Railway – Indian Railways. Updated 9 April 2012....
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    Channel Tunnel (category 25 kV AC railway electrification)
    overhead catenary at 25 kV 50 Hz AC. The railways on "classic" lines in Belgium are also electrified by overhead wires, but at 3000 V DC. A cab signalling...
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    California High-Speed Rail (category 25 kV AC railway electrification)
    blended segments for high-speed rail operations. In the Bay Area, the electrification of Caltrain will enable electric high-speed trains to run on the existing...
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    works for the project. The decision was made to electrify with the 25 kV AC railway electrification system as used on the Brisbane suburban network....
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    Railway electrification in Iran describes the past and present electrification systems used to supply traction current to rail transport in Iran with a...
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