This a list of the voltages used or have been used for tramway and railway electrification systems. Overhead wire in Coventry, England Overhead wire and its suspension system in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA A railway electrification system is a way of supplying electric power to electric locomotives and multiple units. ...

Note the voltages are nominal, and vary depending on load and distance from the substation.

Key to the tables below

• Volts: voltage

• Current:
  • DC = direct current
  • xx Hz = frequency in hertz (alternating current (AC))
    • AC supplies are single-phase, except where marked three-phase

• Conductors:
  • overhead line or
  • conductor rail, usually a third rail to one side of the running rails
    • Conductor rail can be:
      • top contact: oldest, least safe, affected by ice, snow and leaves
      • side contact: newer, safer, less affected by ice, snow and leaves
      • bottom contact: newer, safer, least affected by ice, snow and leaves

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Systems using Standard Voltages

Voltages are defined by two standards: BS EN 50163 and IEC 60850

600 V DC Overhead

This voltage is used by older tram systems worldwide.

Country	Name of System	Location	Notes
Australia		Melbourne
Canada		Toronto
Finland		Helsinki
Estonia		Tallinn
Japan	Most tram lines
	Chōshi Electric Railway	Chōshi, Chiba
	Eizan Electric Railway	Kyoto, Kyoto
	Enoshima Electric Railway	Kanagawa
	Iyotetsu Takahama Line	Matsuyama, Ehime
	Shizuoka Railway	Shizuoka, Shizuoka
	Tōkyū Setagaya Line	Tokyo
	Wakayama Electric Railroad	Wakayama
Slovakia	Trencianske Teplice		Narrow gauge
United States		Boston, San Diego, San Francisco

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600 V DC Conductor Rail

All third rail unless stated otherwise.
Used by most older US subways.

Type	Country	Name of System	Location	Notes
	Argentina	Buenos Aires Metro (line B)	Buenos Aires
	Argentina	Urquiza Line	Buenos Aires
	Canada	Toronto Subway and Rapid Transit	Toronto
	Japan	Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Marunouchi Line	Tokyo
		Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line and Meijō Line	Nagoya, Aichi
	Sweden	Stockholm Metro	Stockholm	650 V.
	United Kingdom	Glasgow Subway	Glasgow
			London	Was used for trams in central London - third rail accessed via a conduit slot between the rails;
		Southern Railway		Some areas up to 1939.
	United States	New York City Subway	New York City
Top Contact		Chicago Transit Authority	Chicago	Elevated and subway lines
		Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority	Boston	Red and Orange Lines, part of the Blue Line
		PATH	New York City metro area
		Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority	Philadelphia	Market-Frankford subway/elevated and Broad Street subway

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750 V DC Overhead

This voltage is used for most modern tram systems.

Country	Name of System	Location	Notes
Argentina	PreMetro line E2	Buenos Aires
Australia	Sydney Light Rail	Sydney
Austria	Local lines of Stern & Hafferl		Also listed as having 1500  and 600 V lines
Germany	Albtalbahn	Rhein-Haardtbahn	Railway of the Upper Rhine
	Tram-Train Cologne-Bonn	Frechen, Cologne, Brühl, Wesseling, Bornheim, Alfter, Bonn, St. Augustin, Siegburg, Königswinter, Bad Honnef	Both lines between Cologne and Bonn originally electrified at 1200 V, one was narrow gauge
Ireland	LUAS	Dublin
Japan	Enshū Railway	Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
	Hakone Tozan Railway Line	Hakone, Kanagawa	Between Hakone-Yumoto and Gōra.
	Iyotetsu Yokogawara Line and Gunchū Line	Ehime
	Kintetsu Utsube Line, Hachiōji Line	Yokkaichi, Mie
	Sangi Railway Hokusei Line	Mie
Norway	Oslo T-bane	Oslo	Holmenkollbanen only
Sweden	Saltsjöbanan	Stockholm	Originally 1500 V (1912), changed to 750 V in 1976 with new rolling stock
Turkey	Eskişehir Tramway System
United Kingdom	Manchester Metrolink	Manchester
	Sheffield Supertram	Sheffield
	Midland Metro	Birmingham to Wolverhampton
United States	Minneapolis/Saint Paul	Minnesota Metropolitan Transit light rail
		Denver, Colorado	Light Rail part of the Denver Regional Transportation District [RTD]
	TRAX Light Rail	Salt Lake City UTA

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750 V DC Conductor Rail

All third rail unless stated otherwise.

Type	Country	Name of System	Location	Notes
	Austria	Vienna U-Bahn	Vienna
Bottom contact	Brazil	São Paulo Metro	São Paulo
	Canada	Montreal Metro	Montreal	(Guide Bars)
	Czech Republic	Prague Metro	Prague
	Denmark	Copenhagen Metro	Copenhagen
Bottom Contact	Finland	Helsinki Metro	Helsinki
	France	Paris Métro	Paris	Some guide rail
	Germany	Berlin U-Bahn	Berlin
		Munich U-Bahn	Munich
		Nuremberg U-Bahn	Nuremberg
		Hamburg U-Bahn	Hamburg
	Hungary	Budapest Metro	Budapest
	India	Kolkata Metro	Kolkata (Calcutta)
	Japan	Most lines of Osaka Municipal Subway	Osaka, Osaka
		Sapporo Municipal Subway Namboku Line	Sapporo, Hokkaidō
		Yokohama Municipal Subway	Yokohama, Kanagawa
	Norway	Oslo T-bane	Oslo
	Portugal	Lisbon Metro	Lisbon
	Puerto Rico	Tren Urbano	San Juan
	Romania	Bucharest Metro	Bucharest
	Russia			Undergrounds and metros.
	Singapore	Mass Rapid Transit	Singapore	North South Line, East West Line and Circle Line, operated by SMRT Corporation
	Taiwan	Rapid Transit	Taipei	Green, Orange, Red, Blue Lines
Bottom Contact	United Kingdom	Docklands Light Railway	London
Top Contact		Southern Region of British Railways and successors	Southern England	660 V system upgraded and expanded
		Merseyrail	Liverpool
		LNWR Suburban Network	London	Formerly four-rail out of Euston and Broad Street, curtailed, upgraded and standardised
		Northern City Line	London	Access to City (Moorgate)
	United States	Washington Metro	Washington, DC
		Long Island Rail Road	New York City
		Las Vegas Monorail	Las Vegas, Nevada

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1500 V DC Overhead

Country	Name of System	Location	Notes
Argentina	Buenos Aires Metro	Buenos Aires	Lines C,D,E and H
Argentina	Tren de la Costa	Buenos Aires	Suburban line
Australia	CityRail	Sydney
	Melbourne Suburban Railways	Melbourne
China	Shanghai	Shanghai Metro
Czech Republic			Tabor-Bechyne line only
Denmark	Copenhagen S-train	Copenhagen
France	Société Nationale des Chemins de fer (SNCF)		25 kV AC used on new High Speed Lines (TGV) and in the north.
Hong Kong SAR	Mass Transit Railway Corporation	Hong Kong
India	Mumbai Suburban Railway	Mumbai
Ireland	Dublin Area Rapid Transit	Dublin
Japan	Japan Railways (JR) lines		Most electrified lines in Kantō, Chūbu, Kansai, Chūgoku, and Shikoku.
	Most private railway lines
	Most subway lines
Netherlands	Nederlandse Spoorwegen - Dutch Railways (NS)		25 kV AC used on new High Speed Lines.
New Zealand	Wellington Suburban	Wellington
	Otira Tunnel	Arthur's Pass-Otira, Southern Alps, South Island	De-electrified 1997
	Christchurch-Lyttelton	South Island	De-electrified 1970
Portugal	Cascais Line
Singapore	Mass Rapid Transit		North East Line, operated by SBS Transit
South Korea	Seoul Subway	Seoul National Capital Area	except Korail Line 1, Line 4, Bundang and Yongsan-Deokso Line.
	Incheon Subway	Incheon
	Daegu Subway	Daegu
	Busan Subway	Busan
	Daejeon Subway	Daejeon
	Gwangju Subway	Gwangju
Slovakia	High-Tatras electric railway
Spain	Catalan Railways
	RENFE
	Euskotren
	FEVE
Switzerland	Berner Oberland Bahn (BOB)	Interlaken
	Schynige Platte Railway (SPB)	Interlaken
	Wengernalpbahn (WAB))	Interlaken
Sweden	Roslagsbanan	Stockholm
	Saltsjöbanan	Stockholm	Electrified in 1912, changed to 750 V in 1976 with new rolling stock
Turkey	Bursa LRT	Bursa
UK	Tyne and Wear Metro	Newcastle
	Manchester-Sheffield-Wath	Manchester to Sheffield	Operated 1949-1981. Suburban services in Manchester converted to 25 kV, 50 Hz a.c.
	Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway	Manchester	Opened in 1931. Converted to 25 kV 50 Hz AC in 1971
	Great Eastern Main Line	London (Liverpool Street) to Shenfield (then Chelmsford)	Opened in 1949. Converted to 6.25 kV 50 Hz AC in 1960
	Shildon to Newport	County Durham	Industrial line. Operated 1915-1935.
United States	Metra Electric District Service	Chicago

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Population 5,700  (December 2006)   - Density 1,295 /km² (3,355 /sq. ... A descending Schynige Platte Bahn train The Schynige Platte Railway or Schynige Platte Bahn (SPB) is a mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland area of Switzerland, which connects the town of Wilderswil with the famous wildflower gardens of the Schynige Platte. ... Population 5,700  (December 2006)   - Density 1,295 /km² (3,355 /sq. ... The Wengernalpbahn (or WAB) is a 19. ... Population 5,700  (December 2006)   - Density 1,295 /km² (3,355 /sq. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Train on the Roslagsbanan Roslagsbanan is a local narrow-gauge railway line in Stockholm County, Sweden. ... For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ... Saltsjöbanan is a suburban rail system between Stockholm and Saltsjöbaden in Nacka, Sweden. ... For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... 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3 kV DC, Overhead

Country	Name of System	Location	Note
Belgium	Belgium National Railways (SNCB)		25 kV AC used on new High Speed Lines.
Brazil
Chile
Czech Republic	Czech Railways (ČD)
India		Kolkata	converted to 25 kV AC
Italy	RFI - Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (Italian Railways Network)		25 kV AC used on new High Speed Lines.
North Korea
Poland	Polish State Railways (PKP)
Slovakia	Slovak Republic Railways (ZSR)		northern and eastern lines, and the broad gauge line between Kosice and the Ukraine border
Slovenia	Slovenian Railways (SZ)		25 kV AC also used
South Africa
former Soviet Union
Spain	Spanish National Railways (RENFE)		25 kV AC used on new High Speed Lines.
Ukraine			In east; also 25 kV AC in west [1]

Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... NMBS/SNCB trains in Antwerp-Central The NMBS (Dutch: Nationale Maatschappij der Belgische Spoorwegen) or SNCB (French: Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Belges, not to be confused with Frances SNCF) is the Belgian national railway operator. ... 25 kV AC is one of the most common voltages used for railway electrification, usually at 50 Hz or 60 Hz depending on that countrys normal mains frequency. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Logo ÄŒeské dráhy or Czech Railways (ÄŒD or CD) is the main railway operator of the Czech Republic and provides passenger and freight service via state owned rail tracks. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... , “Calcutta” redirects here. ... 25 kV AC is one of the most common voltages used for railway electrification, usually at 50 Hz or 60 Hz depending on that countrys normal mains frequency. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Italian partly state-owned railway network, formerly part of Ferrovie dello Stato. ... 25 kV AC is one of the most common voltages used for railway electrification, usually at 50 Hz or 60 Hz depending on that countrys normal mains frequency. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_North_Korea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... EP09 with InterCity train Polskie Koleje PaÅ„stwowe (Polish State Railways, PKP) SA is a dominative company in PKP Group. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Železnice Slovenskej republiky (literally Slovak Republic Railways), abbr. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Slovenske železnice (SŽ) (Slovenian Railways) is the state railway of Slovenia, created in 1991 from the Ljubljana Division of the former Jugoslovenske železnice -- (JŽ) - Yugoslav Railways -- after the breakup of Yugoslavia. ... 25 kV AC is one of the most common voltages used for railway electrification, usually at 50 Hz or 60 Hz depending on that countrys normal mains frequency. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Map of the Spanish rail network as it was in 2005, with colour-coded track types A new Cercanías Civia unit near Puerto Real (Cádiz) AVE Class 100 train at Cordoba station Renfe Operadora is the state-owned company which operates freight and passenger trains on the 1668... 25 kV AC is one of the most common voltages used for railway electrification, usually at 50 Hz or 60 Hz depending on that countrys normal mains frequency. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... 25 kV AC is one of the most common voltages used for railway electrification, usually at 50 Hz or 60 Hz depending on that countrys normal mains frequency. ...

15 kV 16⅔ Hz Overhead

Country	Name of System	Location	Notes
Austria	ÖBB (Österreichische Bundesbahnen Austrian Federal Railways)		National Standard
Germany	German National Railways		National Standard
Norway	Jernbaneverket Norwegian State Railways
Sweden	Banverket
Switzerland	SBB-CFF-FFS - Swiss Federal Railways

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25 kV 50 Hz Overhead

Country	Name of System	Location	Notes
Australia			Queensland and Western Australia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana			proposed line to Namibia
Belgium	Belgium National Railways (SNCB)	New High Speed Lines and the south of the country only	The rest of the network is 3 kV DC
Bulgaria	Bulgarian State Railways BDZ
China
Congo
Croatia	Croatian Railways (HŽ)		Smaller part 3kV DC, being replaced with 25kV AC
Czech Republic			Southern lines only.
Denmark
Finland	Finnish Railways (VR)
France	French National Railways (SNCF)
Germany	Rübelandbahn	Harz	Operated 1960-2005
Greece
Hungary	Hungarian State Railways (MÁV)
India	Indian Railways (IR)		Large parts of Mumbai Division (Western and Central Railways) are 1500 V DC.
Iran
Israel	Israel Railways		Currently in the tender stage of the electrification project
Italy			New high-speed lines only.
Japan	JR Tōhoku, Jōetsu, and Nagano Shinkansen
Macedonia	Macedonian Railways
Malaysia	KTM Komuter Service
Montenegro
Netherlands	Used on new High Speed Lines and Freight Lines		1.5 kV DC used on the rest of the network.
New Zealand	North Island Main Trunk Railway		Central North Island section, 411 km between Palmerston North and Hamilton)
Portugal	Portuguese Railways (CP)
Romania	Romanian Railways (CFR)
Serbia	Serbian Railways
Slovakia	Slovak Republic Railways (ŽSR)		South-western lines only
Spain			New high-speed lines only.
South Africa	Transnet
former Soviet Union
Turkey
UK	Network Rail		except South and Merseyside
Ukraine			In east; also 3000 V DC in west.
Zimbabwe	National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)	Gweru-Harare

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General Information Nagano Shinkansen (長野新幹線) is the name for the segment of the Hokuriku Shinkansen that currently exists (as of 2005). ... For the record label, see Shinkansen Records. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Macedonia. ... Makedonski Železnici (Македонски железници, MŽ, Macedonian Railways) is the railway company of Republic of Macedonia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malaysia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Montenegro. ... This article is about the country in Europe. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... The Hogesnelheidslijn Zuid usually shortened to HSL-Zuid, is a Dutch high-speed train line under construction (completion expected in 2007). ... The Betuweroute is a new freight railway being constructed from Rotterdam to Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... The North Island Main Trunk line (NIMT) connects Auckland and Wellington, the two major cities of New Zealands North Island. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses (abbreviation: CP; English: Portuguese Railways) is the state railway company in Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Căile Ferate Române is the official designation of the state railway carrier of Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Serbia. ... Anthem:  Serbia() on the European continent()  —  [] Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian Recognised regional languages Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Rusyn 1 Albanian 2 Demonym Serbian Government Parliamentary Democracy  -  President Boris Tadić  -  Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica    -  First state 7th century   -  Serbian Kingdom3 1217   -  Serbian Empire 1345   -  Independence lost... Serbian Railways (Serbian: Железнице Србије/Železnice Srbije) is the national railway carrier of Serbia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... 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Zimbabwe Railway The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) operates about 3,000 km of rail in Zimbabwe at the 1. ...

Conductor Rail (Non-Standard Voltages)

Vintage subway entrance on original Line A on Avenida de Mayo The Buenos Aires Metro (locally known as Subte, from subterráneo, Spanish for underground) is a mass-transit network that serves the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ... The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. ... Waterloo Station The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1840 to 1923. ... The Watford DC Line is a railway line that runs from London Euston to Watford Junction. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The London Underground is a rapid transit system that serves a large part of Greater London and some neighbouring areas of Essex, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire. ... A North London Line train pulls into Stratford station during the morning rush Geographical map of the North London Line Line map of the North London Line showing connections and zones A North London Line train at North Woolwich station The North London Line is a railway line through northern... South West Trains (SWT) is a train operating company operating in the United Kingdom, providing train services to the south-west of London, chiefly in Greater London and the counties of Surrey, Hampshire, Dorset, Devon, Somerset, Berkshire and Wiltshire (the area largely covered before 1923 by the London and South... The Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company, or MTA Metro-North Railroad, or, more commonly, Metro-North, is a suburban commuter rail service that is run and managed by an authority of New York State, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or, more simply, the MTA. Metro-North runs service between New York... Berlins S-Bahn network The Berlin S-Bahn is a metro system operated by S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... Moscow Metro (Russian: ), which spans almost the entire Russian capital, is one of the worlds most heavily used metro systems. ... For other uses, see Moscow (disambiguation). ... Route map of Pyongyang Metro The Pyongyang Metro is a metro system in Pyongyang, North Korea, consisting of two lines. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. ... This article is about high-speed trains between London and Brussels / Paris. ... 0 km London St Pancras Temple Mills Eurostar Depot 9 km Stratford International 10 km 21 km 27 km 30 km 32 km 37 km Ebbsfleet International 39 km 50 km 54 km 88 km 89 km 90 km Ashford International 91 km 106 km Dollands Moor Freight terminal 108... A westbound BART train with aerodynamic design A car in downtown San Francisco. ... The British Rail Class 504 was a unique type of electric multiple unit that ran on 1200V DC third rail with side contact current collection. ... The Hamburg S-Bahn is the suburban S-Bahn railway network serving the city of Hamburg. ... The Guangzhou Metro (廣州地鐵 Guǎngzhōu dìtiě) is a metro system in the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Overhead (Non-Standard Voltages)

Pre-1910 photograph of the Chicago Tunnel Company The Chicago Tunnel Company built a unique freight tunnel network under the downtown of the city of Chicago. ... The funicular above Lauterbrunnen Two trains pass in Winteregg station The Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen-Mürren (BLM) is a mountain railway in the Bernese Oberland area of Switzerland, which connects the communes of Lauterbrunnen and Mürren. ... The Snaefell Mountain Railway is an electric mountain railway connecting the town of Laxey with the summit of Snaefell Mountain which is, at 2036 feet (620. ... The Chemin de Fer Fribourgeois Gruyere - Fribourg - Morats (GFM) metre-gauge line is located in Switzerland and is 48. ... MOB train at Les Avants on 11 July 1985. ... The RhB (Rhaetian Railway / Rhätische Bahn (German) / Ferrovia Retica (Italian) / Viafier Retica (Rumantsch)) has the largest network of all the private railways in Switzerland. ... Vintage subway entrance on original Line A on Avenida de Mayo The Buenos Aires Metro (locally known as Subte, from subterráneo, Spanish for underground) is a mass-transit network that serves the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ... Plaça de Catalunya station The Barcelona Metro, part of the mass transit public transport system of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the citys suburbs. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Barcelona (Catalan) Spanish name Barcelona Nickname Ciutat Comtal (City of Counts) Postal code 08001–08080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 93 (Barcelona) Website http://www. ... Ferrocarril de Sóller or FS is a railway operating company, which operates an electrified 914 mm narrow gauge line on the Spanish island of Majorca, between the towns of Palma and Sóller. ... Palma (old Spanish name Palma de Mallorca) is the major city and port in the island of Majorca (in Catalan: Mallorca) and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. ... Sóller is a town near the northwest coast of Majorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain. ... Majorca (Spanish and Catalan: ) is the largest island of Spain. ... Lusatia (German: , Upper Sorbian: , Lower Sorbian: , Polish: , Czech: ) is a historical region between the Bóbr and Kwisa rivers and the Elbe river in the eastern German states of Saxony and Brandenburg, south-western Poland (Lower Silesian Voivodeship) and the northern Czech Republic. ... This article is about the word fart itself. ... The Chemin de fer de la mure (the Railway of the Wall) is an electrified railway near Grenoble. ... 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Overhead (Three-Phase)

Special or unusual types

DC, plough collection from conductors in conduit below track

• London County Council Tramways, later operated by London Transport

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DC, one ground-level conductor

• Wolverhampton Corporation Tramways, England. (stud contact) (1902-1921)

DC, two ground-level conductors

• Bordeaux Tramway, France. (conductor rail)

A Citadis tram at the City Hall stop in Bordeaux The Bordeaux tramway network consists of three lines serving the capital of the Aquitaine Region in southwestern France. ... Bordeaux trams run without overhead wires. ...

DC, two-wire

• Greenwich, England. Previously used by trams when in the vicinity of Greenwich Observatory; separate from trolley-bus supply.
• Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Tram (streetcar) system used this arrangement throughout, probably due to legal constraints on ground return currents.

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DC, power from running rails

• Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway (1881-1893)
• Ungerer Tramway (1886-1895)
• transportable railways as ride for children

DC, four-rail

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See also

• 25 kV AC
• Traction current
• Streetcar
• Tram
• Light rail
• Ground level power supply

25 kV AC is one of the most common voltages used for railway electrification, usually at 50 Hz or 60 Hz depending on that countrys normal mains frequency. ... By traction current one understands the electric current, which is used for the drive of electrical trains. ... a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 A streetcar is a railway vehicle designed to carry passengers on tracks, usually laid in city streets. ... This article refers to public transport vehicles running on rails. ... This article is about light rail systems in general. ... Bordeaux trams run without overhead wires. ...

References

1. ^ Railway Gazette International April 2008, p 240
2. ^ The world's oldest operational electric railway.

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External links

• http://www.bahnstrom.de/bahnstromsysteme/weltweit_kopf.htm
• Map of European voltage-systems
• Southern Electric, England - details of electrification