| Contents - 1 History
- 2 Facts and Figures
- 3 Systems no longer used
- 3.1 500V DC, Overhead Line
- 3.2 525V DC, Third Rail
- 3.3 600V DC, Third Rail
- 3.4 650V DC, Third Rail
- 3.5 1200V DC, Third Rail (Side-Contact)
- 3.6 1500V DC, Overhead
- 3.7 3500V DC, Overhead
- 3.8 6250V (6.25kV), 50Hz AC, Overhead Line
- 3.9 6600V (6.6 kV), 25 Hz AC, Overhead
- 4 Existing Systems - Conductor Rail Type (Third and Fourth Rails)
- 5 Existing Systems - Overhead Line (OHL) Type
- 6 See also
- 7 References
- 8 External links
- 9 Further reading
- 9.1 525V, d.c., Third Rail
- 9.2 630V, d.c., Fourth Rail
- 9.3 650V, d.c., Third Rail
- 9.4 750V, d.c., Third Rail
- 9.5 1500V, d.c., Overhead Line
- 9.6 6600V, 25Hz a.c., Overhead Line
- 9.7 25kV, 50Hz a.c., Overhead Line
| | Railway electrification in Great Britain describes the various electrification systems that are used, or have been used, for supplying traction current to the railways and tramways of Great Britain. The article includes a chronological record of development, and a list of the lines using each system, while for each system a history and a technical description is provided. 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. ...
Class 180 multiple unit of First Great Western at speed near Yate, Bristol. ...
History
Railway electrification as a means of traction emerged at the end of the nineteenth century. It offered several benefits over the then predominate steam traction, particularly in respect of its quick acceleration (ideal for urban (metro) and suburban (commuter) services) and power (ideal for heavy freight trains through mountainous/hilly sections). A plethora of systems emerged in the first twenty years of the twentieth century (as listed below). In 1928 a government committee agreed 1500V DC overhead as the national standard, although little work was done to implement this and the plethora of different systems continued to exist (and even expand). Union Pacific Big Boy #4012 at work on a cold November 29, 1941 A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. ...
After World War II, with nationalisation (1948), British Railways expanded electrification (the 1500V DC overhead and Southern Region third rail systems) but soon (mid 1950s) adopted 25 kV AC overhead for its proposed mainline electrification. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...
Third rail at the West Falls Church Metro stop in Washington, D.C., electrified to 750 volts. ...
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. ...
Despite the following years of minimal capital investment, the 25 kV AC network has continued to expand, slowly, although large areas of the country are still non-electrified, despite their urban, suburban, hilly or intercity nature.
Facts and Figures As of 2006, 40% (3,062 miles / 4,928 km) of the British rail network is electrified and 60% of all rail journeys are by electric traction (both by locomotives and multiple units). 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Class 180 multiple unit of First Great Western at speed near Yate, Bristol. ...
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. ...
Modern three-phase AC locomotive (DBAG Class 152) A GG1 An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electric motors which draws current from an overhead wire (overhead lines), a third rail, or an on-board storage device such as a battery or a flywheel energy storage system. ...
A classic Belgian multiple unit of type 74 A multiple unit (MU) is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive, and can be coupled with other similar units to operate together, in...
According to Network Rail, 64% of the electrified network uses the 25 kV a.c. overhead system and 36% uses the 660/750 V d.c. third rail system. Network Rail is a British not for dividend company limited by guarantee whose principal asset is Network Rail Infrastructure Limited, a company limited by shares. ...
Systems no longer used Great Britain has used a number of different electrification systems in the past. Many of these date from the early part of the 20th century when electricity was being experimented with for traction purposes. This section describes each system, in order of increasing voltage.
500V DC, Overhead Line The Grimsby & Immingham Electric Railway was an electric tramway network linking the towns of Grimsby and Immingham in Lincolnshire. ...
525V DC, Third Rail - The Liverpool Overhead Railway was one of the earliest electric railways in Great Britain. The first section between Alexandra Dock and Herculaneum Dock was opened in 1893. The line connected with Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway's North Mersey Branch. It was never nationalised and it closed on the 30th December 1956 due to extensive corrosion throughout its iron infrastructure (which was deemed uneconomical to replace).
The Liverpool Overhead Railway opened the February 4, 1893. ...
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping, although in 1922 it had already entered into a working agreement with the London and North Western Railway. ...
The North Mersey Branch(NMB) is a railway line that connected the Liverpool and Bury Railway at Fazakerley Junction with the Gladstone Dock. ...
600V DC, Third Rail - This was originally electrified in 1904, in response to extensive competition from new electric trams. The concept was a success for the North Eastern Railway (NER) a noted early pioneer in electrification, as passenger numbers returned to pre Tram levels.[1] As the stock reached life expectancy in 1937, the network was remodelled by London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) to reflect the changing industrial and residential makeup of the area.[2] British Rail brought in third-rail stock (12 2EPBs) from the Southern Region in 1955. The system was de-electrified by British Rail in between 1963 and 1967, citing the changing industrial and population makeup of the area, reducing the need for electric traction. In a "interesting" reversal of policy much of the Tyneside network was re-electrified using a 1500 V d.c., overhead line system (see below) as the Tyne and Wear Metro.
The Tyneside Electric refers to the suburban railways on Tyneside that were electrified by the North Eastern Railway from 1904 onwards; they formed one of the earliest suburban electric networks. ...
The North Eastern Railway (NER), unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies, had a relatively compact territory, having the district it covered to itself. ...
LNER timetable for Autumn 1926 detailing the resumption of services after the General Strike. ...
Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...
The British Rail Class 416 (or 2EPB) electric multiple units were built in the 1950s to work inner suburban passenger services. ...
The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail metro system based around Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ...
650V DC, Third Rail In 1804 the British Parliament approved the laying of a railway line between Swansea and Oystermouth in South Wales, and in the autumn of that year the first tracks were laid. ...
1200V DC, Third Rail (Side-Contact)
 A Class 504 (1200V DC) train at Manchester Victoria station just weeks before closure for conversion to the Metrolink light rail system. - Manchester Victoria - Bury
- In 1917 the line between Manchester Victoria and Bury was electrified using a 1200 V d.c. third rail (side contact) system. The line between Bury and Holcombe Brook that had been electrified using 3500 V d.c. overhead system in 1913 was converted to this system in 1918. This system was abandoned in 1991 when the line was converted to a 750 V d.c. overhead system and became part of the Manchester Metrolink. [1] and [2]
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1250x891, 281 KB) [edit] Summary A Class 504 train at Manchester Victoria station just weeks before closure for conversion to the Metrolink light rail system. ...
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1250x891, 281 KB) [edit] Summary A Class 504 train at Manchester Victoria station just weeks before closure for conversion to the Metrolink light rail system. ...
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. ...
A Metrolink tram in Manchester city centre. ...
1500V DC, Overhead In the wake of World War I, the British Government set up a committee to investigate the various systems of railway electrification and in 1928 it reported that 1500 V DC overhead should be the future national standard. Several schemes (see below) were implemented in its wake, although the Great Depression and World War II meant very little work was done. Technological advances post-war saw a government U-turn and the 25 kV a.c. system was adopted instead, for the West Coast Main line and Glasgow suburban electrification, as set out in the 1955 BR modernisation plan - at the same time the large amounts of money had/were still being spent converting several lines to 1500 V DC. Combatants Allied Powers: Russian Empire France British Empire Italy United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary German Empire Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Commanders Nikolay II Aleksey Brusilov Georges Clemenceau Joseph Joffre Ferdinand Foch Robert Nivelle Herbert H. Asquith D. Lloyd George Sir Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Victor Emmanuel III Luigi Cadorna...
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- A joint LMS and LNER effort, opened on 11 May 1931, it was a test bed for both companies for the new standard (which at the time had not been implemented in the UK) in this largely self-contained busy suburban line. The success of this scheme propelled LNER's later electrification efforts. The line was converted to 25kV a.c. in 1971 but, the stretch between Altrincham Railway Station and Trafford Bar Metrolink station , plus the stretch between Trafford Bar and the Cornbrook viaduct were incorporated into Manchester Metrolink.[3]
- Manchester-Sheffield-Wath
- Known as the Woodhead Route. The LNER chose this hilly and busy mainline for its first mainline electrification, with work starting in 1936 [3]. Due to the depression and World War Two it wasn't completed until the 1950s. However upon completion the government chose to standardise on 25kV a.c. instead, leaving the Woodhead Route and the few other 1500V d.c. lines isolated and non-standard. Subsequent rationalisation by BR saw much of this route closed east of Hadfield in 1981 (in favour of the more southerly Hope Valley Line, which serves more local communities). The remaining stub in Manchester was converted to 25kV a.c. in December 1984.
- LNER decided to electrify the Shenfield to Liverpool Street section of the Great Eastern Main Line (GEML), known as the Shenfield Metro. Civil engineering works began in the 1930s but World War Two intervened. Work was completed in 1949 and extended to Chelmsford in 1956 using 306 (AM6) EMUs.[4] It was converted to the new standard of 25 kV a.c., initially with some sections at 6.25 kV a.c., on 4th to 6th November 1960, in the wake of the 1955 BR Modernisation plan that called for 25 kV a.c. to be the new standard. The rest of the GEML was subsequently electrified.
- This line ran from Shildon (County Durham) to Newport (near Sunderland). In the wake of the electrification of Tyneside by the NER, this coal carrying line was electrified, as a precursor to electrifying NER's busy York to Newcastle mainline (Part of the ECML). It was dismantled by LNER around 1934/1935. [4], [5], [6], [7], [8]
Route map of the Manchester, South Junction & Altrincham Railway, showing layout of connecting lines in the Manchester area (click for full size view) The Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) was a suburban railway which operated a 13. ...
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS1) was a British railway company. ...
LNER timetable for Autumn 1926 detailing the resumption of services after the General Strike. ...
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A Metrolink tram in Manchester city centre. ...
// Introduction The Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway was an early electrification scheme on British railways. ...
The western portals of the Woodhead Tunnels in 2004, from the former Woodhead Station. ...
The Hope Valley Line is a railway line in England linking Sheffield with Manchester. ...
Shenfield is a major station on the Great Eastern Main Line from Liverpool Street station in the City of London to places in the East of England. ...
Liverpool Street station, also called London Liverpool Street, is a mainline railway station and connected London Underground station in the north eastern corner of the City of London, the main financial district, with entrances on Bishopsgate and Liverpool Street itself. ...
The Great Eastern Main Line is the railway line from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich and Norwich. ...
Chelmsford railway station is a railway station serving the town of Chelmsford in Essex. ...
Introduced in 1949, British Rail Class 306 consisted of 92 three-car trains which were used on newly electrified suburban lines between Shenfield and London Liverpool Street Station. ...
Shildon, Cradle Of The Railways, is a town in County Durham, in England. ...
The North Eastern Railway (NER), unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies, had a relatively compact territory, having the district it covered to itself. ...
3500V DC, Overhead - This was electrified by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway in 1913 as part of a trial system for export. The system was converted to third rail in 1918 (see above). [9]
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (L&YR) was a major British railway company before the 1923 Grouping, although in 1922 it had already entered into a working agreement with the London and North Western Railway. ...
6250V (6.25kV), 50Hz AC, Overhead Line During the initial electrification of parts of the network to 25 kV, 50 Hz a.c. overhead the initial solution to the limited clearance problems in suburban areas (due to numerous tunnels and bridges) – notably London and Glasgow – was to use the lower voltage of 6.25 kV, 50 Hz a.c. overhead. Latter technological improvements in insulation allowed these area to be converted to 25 kV, 50 Hz a.c. overhead. The last sections of 6.25 kV, 50 Hz a.c. overhead were converted to 25 kV, 50 Hz a.c. overhead in the 1980s and this system of electrification is now obsolete in the UK. - London, Tilbury and Southend (LTS)
- The majority of the line was electrified at 6.25 kV a.c. overhead in the early 1960s. Some sections were able to be electrified using 25 kV a.c. overhead from the outset. The sections electrified at 6.25 kV a.c. overhead were converted to 25 kV a.c. overhead in the early 1980s.
- Shenfield Metro
- The line was originally electrified at 1500V d.c. overhead in the 1950s. In the early 1960s the line was converted to 6.25 kV a.c. overhead. In the early 1980s the line was converted for a second time to 25 kV a.c. overhead.
- Glasgow Suburban network
- The majority of the network was originally electrified at 6.25 kV a.c. overhead in the early 1960s. Some sections were able to electrified using 25 kV a.c. overhead from the outset. The sections electrified at 6.25 kV a.c. overhead were converted to 25 kV a.c. overhead in the early 1980s.
- North Clyde Line - the central area, Springburn, Bridgeton and Milngavie branches and the Yoker loop)
- Cathcart Circle Line
- See SPT and Transport in Glasgow
The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR) is a railway line linking Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London with East London and south Essex towns. ...
The Great Eastern Main Line is the railway line from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich and Norwich. ...
The North Clyde Line (defined by Network Rail as the Glasgow North Electric Suburban line) is a suburban railway in West Central Scotland. ...
The Cathcart Circle Lines form a suburban railway route linking Glasgow to Cathcart via a circular line, with branches to Newton Mearns and Neilston. ...
A Class 156 train in SPT livery at Glasgow Central station The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is a public body which is responsible for planning and co-ordinating regional transport, and especially the public transport system, in the Strathclyde area of western Scotland. ...
Route 9, June 1962, shortly before the end of tram services in Glasgow in September The city of Glasgow, Scotland has a transport system encompassing air, rail, and road, as well as an underground rail system. ...
6600V (6.6 kV), 25 Hz AC, Overhead The Morecambe Branch Line is a railway line from Lancaster to Morecambe and Heysham where services connect with the ferry service to Douglas on the Isle of Man. ...
The LB&SCRs coat of arms, displayed above the entrance to Gipsy Hill railway station. ...
Existing Systems - Conductor Rail Type (Third and Fourth Rails)
600V DC, Third Rail - This was electrified in 1935.
An Inner Circle train arrives at West Street station. ...
630V DC, Fourth Rail
 London Underground track, showing the third and fourth rails beside and between the running rails The London Underground is a large metro system operating across London, and beyond, commonly known as "the Tube". The 408 km (253 miles)[5] network is made up of 12 lines and has been electrified for some time, starting in the 1890s. The network was largely unified between 1900-1902 and nationalised in 1933 becoming the railway component of London Transport (LT). A major expansion programme, the "New Works", was immediately launched, which saw LT take over several urban branches of mainline railways. Image File history File links Arcing_pickup_shoe. ...
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The London Underground is an all-electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 921 KB) Unrefurbished London Underground District Line D-stock electric multiple unit 7127 arrives into Ealing Common tube station on 22 October 2005. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 921 KB) Unrefurbished London Underground District Line D-stock electric multiple unit 7127 arrives into Ealing Common tube station on 22 October 2005. ...
The London Underground is an all-electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ...
The London Underground is an all-electric railway system that covers much of Greater London and some neighbouring areas. ...
Greater London is the top-level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ...
To help compare orders of magnitude; this page lists lengths between 100 and 1,000 km (105 and 106 m). ...
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The London Underground network has traditionally been located in north London. In south London, expansion was limited by the poor geology (for building tunnels) and the extensive above-ground railway network already in that area, this being soon electrified (see "Southern Electric").
Due to its early pioneering work, the Underground uses a relatively obscure four rail system of electrification. Two rails, at standard gauge spacing, are the running rails for the trains; the outer - "third" - rail carries a positive current at +420 V DC, while the inner, middle - "fourth" - rail is a negative return of –210 V DC, giving an equivalent supply voltage of +630 V DC. 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. ...
As railways developed and expanded one of the key issues to be decided was that of the rail gauge (the distance between the two rails of the track) which should be used. ...
The system shares track with Network Rail in several places. Some of these are non-electrified sections of the national rail network (e.g. Chiltern Railways out of Marylebone station), and diesel trains are used (by Network Rail). The suburban network of London North Western Railway (LNWR) was electrified in co-operation with London Underground, however in the 1970s British Rail introduced common, third-rail EMUs and the sections of the LNWR suburban network not used by the Underground had the fourth rail removed (see London and North Western Railway section below). Chiltern Railways is a train operating company in England. ...
Marylebone station or London Marylebone station is a National Rail and London Underground station in central London. ...
650V-850V DC, Third rail "Southern Electric"
 An example of a third rail EMU
 1933 poster for the Southern Railway’s newly-electrified suburban services
 1933 poster for the Southern Railway’s newly-electrified suburban services The LSWR third rail system (at 660V DC) constructed prior to World War One out of Waterloo, to various suburban destinations. With grouping in the wake of World War One to form Southern Railway, the LSWR method of electrification was adopted. The 1920s saw LBSCR's 6600V AC overhead suburban network replaced with third rail (1928/29). The Third rail extended throughout most South London lines under Southern control quickly (LBSCR and SECR), out all its London termini. The 1930s saw a wave of mainline electrification with the Brighton mainline (1932/33, including East and West Coastways and other related routes), followed by Portsmouth Direct (4 July 1937), and mid-Kent (Maidstone and Gillingham 1939). Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 631 KB)BR Class 375/6, no. ...
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The London and South Western Railway (L&SWR) was a railway company in England from 1840 to 1923. ...
The Southern Railway in the United Kingdom was geographically the smallest of the four railway systems created in the Grouping ordered by the Railways Act 1921. ...
The LB&SCRs coat of arms, displayed above the entrance to Gipsy Hill railway station. ...
Coat of Arms. ...
The Brighton Main Line is the railway line from London Victoria and London Bridge to Brighton. ...
East Coastway is the name given by Southern Railway to the services operated from London Victoria along the south coast of Sussex and Kent to the east of Brighton, UK. Those to the West of Brighton from Victoria are named the West Coastway Line. ...
West Coastway Line is the name given by Southern Trains to the services operated by them along the south coast of West Sussex and Hampshire, to the west of Brighton, in the United Kingdom. ...
The Portsmouth Direct Line is a service operated by South West Trains between runs from London Waterloo and Portsmouth Harbour. ...
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World War Two was extensive damage to the region, but electrification was soon resumed under the newly nationalised British Rail's southern region. The 1955 BR modernisation plan, with the two stage "Kent Coast Electrification". The Chatham mainline was completed first, followed by SER mainline and related lines. At this time voltage used was changed from 660V DC to 750V DC.[6] Since then all further electrification has used 750V DC, but the lines electrified before this time remain at 660V DC. Attention then switched to the neglected LSWR region (now titled the South Western Division). The South Western Main Line (SWML) to Southampton and Bournemouth was electrified in 1967, as was the Island Line.[7] Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...
British Railways Southern Region totem station sign for Hither Green. ...
This article is part of a series on the History of rail transport in Great Britain The History of rail transport in Great Britain 1948 - 1994 covers the period when the British railway system was nationalised under British Rail (initially known as British Railways). // The Transport Act 1947 nationalised nearly...
The Chatham Main Line is the British railway line that runs from London Victoria to Dover Priory or Ramsgate via the Medway Towns (of which Chatham is one, hence the name) and Bromley). ...
The London-Ashford-Dover Line is one of two long-distance routes serving the coast of Kent, England; the other being the Chatham Main Line, which runs along the north Kent coast to Ramsgate and Dover via Canterbury East. ...
The South Western Main Line is the railway line from London Waterloo to Weymouth on the Dorset coast. ...
a free shuttle service linking the station to the city centre and town quay Southampton Central is a mainline railway station serving the city of Southampton in Hampshire, southern England. ...
Bournemouth railway station. ...
Island Line is the smallest of the Train Operating Companies that make up Britain’s National Rail network. ...
Under sectorisation in the 1980s, Network SouthEast conducted extensive infill electrification. The SWML was completed to Weymouth 1988. The Snow Hill tunnel was reopened, enabling Thameslink. The Hastings Line, Eastleigh to Fareham Line, Oxted Line - East Grinstead branch were also electrified. This left only a few generally isolated, rural lines and freight branches unelectrified (West of England Main Line, North Downs Line, Marshlink Line, and Oxted Line - Uckfield branch). A train in NSE livery Network SouthEast (NSE) was a sector of British Rail that principally operated commuter trains in the London area, and was formed in 1986 when BR was sectorised. ...
Weymouth railway station is a railway station serving the town of Weymouth in Dorset. ...
Snow Hill Tunnel is a railway tunnel in central London between City Thameslink station and Farringdon station. ...
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The Hastings Line is a railway line in Kent and Sussex, which links Hastings with Tonbridge, and from there into London via Sevenoaks. ...
The Eastleigh-Fareham Line is the railway line from Eastleigh to Fareham in the United Kingdom. ...
The Oxted Line is a railway line in southern England. ...
The West of England Main Line is the British railway line from London Waterloo to Exeter. ...
The North Downs Line is the name given to the passenger train service connecting Reading, on the Great Western Main Line, to Redhill, on the Brighton Main Line, linking many centres of population in that part of the North Downs which it traverses en route. ...
The Marshlink Line is the name given to services on the railway line linking Ashford with Hastings. ...
The Oxted Line is a railway line in southern England. ...
650V - 850V DC, Third rail ('Other') Third-rail lines that were not formerly part of the Southern Region of British Railways: British Railways Southern Region totem station sign for Hither Green. ...
- This uses a 650 V system. A history can be found here. See also The L&YRS.
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- A short history can be found here and [10]. In 1970 the North London dc lines and the Class 501 EMUs used on these services were converted for 3rd rail only operation, with (as general theme) the fourth rail being removed on sections of lines not used by LUL stock. Some 4th rail was retained in the Gunnersbury and Queens Park areas for emergency use by LUL trains. With the closure of Broad Street, the NLL was joined with former Broad Street to North Woolwich via Stratford line, to extend the NLL - this section was electrified for the first time with third rail and OLE as far as Stratford and just third rail to North Woolwich. Two branches off the Watford DC Line have been closed; the branch to Rickmansworth was closed in 1952 (to passengers, goods 1967) and the branch to Croxley Green closed in 1996.
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- The Watford DC Line between Queens Park and Harrow & Wealdstone features track sharing with Silverlink Metro trains, designed for 750 V third rail, and Bakerloo Line trains designed for 630 V third and fourth rail. As a compromise the nominal line voltage is set at 650 V, and the centre rail is bonded to the running rails, whereas in normal London Underground usage the traction supply floats with the centre rail at nominally -210 V and the outer rail at nominally +420 V. giving 630 V overall.
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- The North London Line between Richmond and Gunnersbury features track sharing withSilverlink Metro trains, designed for 750 V third rail, and District Line trains designed for 630 V third and fourth rail. As a compromise the nominal line voltage is set at 660 V, and the centre rail is bonded to the running rails. A similar arrangement also applies on the District Line between Putney Bridge and Wimbledon stations, where District Line trains operate of tracks also used by South West Trains, although the latter are not normally in passenger service.
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The Northern City Line connects the East Coast Main Line to Moorgate - It was a former main line taken over by the Underground and turned into a tube line. It was however isolated by the abandonment of the 1930s "New Works" programme (and the development of the greenbelt). Tube services were further truncated by the new Victoria Line in 1964 (which truncated the northern end of the line to Drayton Park). The remainder was handed over to BR in 1975 in conjunction with the suburban electrification of the East Coast Main Line. The line uses 25kV AC overhead and Third Rail DC electification, (with the switchover occurring with trains in the platform at Drayton Park). Merseyrail is the name given to the electric commuter train network centred on Liverpool. ...
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway was middling in its development of electrification schemes, being better than the Great Western Railway which had none, but behind the London and North Eastern Railway and infinitely far behind the Southern Railway with its huge suburban electification schemes. ...
The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ...
Euston station, also known as London Euston, is a major railway station to the north of central London in the London Borough of Camden. ...
The Broad Street branch line in 1899 Class 501 train waiting for departure at Broad Street Broad Street station was a major railway station in the City of London, which served as the terminus for the North London Railway. ...
Watford Junction station is a railway station in Watford, Hertfordshire,United Kingdom. ...
Croxley Green was a railway station located in the town of Croxley to the west of Watford. ...
The Watford DC Line is a railway line which runs from London Euston to Watford Junction. ...
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The North London Line is a railway line through northern London. ...
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway was middling in its development of electrification schemes, being better than the Great Western Railway which had none, but behind the London and North Eastern Railway and infinitely far behind the Southern Railway with its huge suburban electification schemes. ...
A London bound Class 501 train calls at Harrow and Wealdstone. ...
Rickmansworth (Church Street) railway station is a former London and North Western Railway (LNWR) station in the Rickmansworth area of west Hertfordshire. ...
Croxley Green was a railway station located in the town of Croxley to the west of Watford. ...
Silverlink Trains is a regional franchise in the British railway system with routes in suburban London and from London to Northampton. ...
The Bakerloo Line is a line of the London Underground and coloured brown on the Tube map. ...
Silverlink Trains is a regional franchise in the British railway system with routes in suburban London and from London to Northampton. ...
The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ...
The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ...
The District Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured green on the Tube map. ...
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 and Wiltshire (the area largely covered before 1923 by the London and South Western...
The Northern City Line is a former name for the railway line from Moorgate to Finsbury Park in London, once part of the Great Northern Electrics line. ...
The East Coast Main Line viaduct at Durham. ...
Moorgate station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the City of London, on Moorgate, north of London Wall. ...
For other uses, see Northern Line (disambiguation). ...
For other uses of the word Greenbelt, see Greenbelt (disambiguation). ...
The Victoria Line is a line of the London Underground, coloured light blue on the Tube map. ...
The East Coast Main Line viaduct at Durham. ...
750V DC, Third rail (Bottom Contact) - This system uses a bottom-contact third rail. The third rail uses a composite conductor rail comprised of an aluminium body with a steel contact surface. The benefit of this is a low-resistance, high current capacity rail that has a durable steel surface for the current collection shoegear of the train.
Tube Portal The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is a light rail public transport metro serving the redeveloped Docklands area of east London, England. ...
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Tyne & Wear Metro is the only current 1500V DC system in the UK Tyne and Wear Metro Image File history File links Tyne&Wear_Metrotrain_at_Kingston_Park_station. ...
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The Tyne and Wear Metro is a light rail metro system based around Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland, in the county of Tyne and Wear in North East England. ...
- Despite the abandonment in favour of 25 kV a.c. overhead in the 1950's, large parts of the former "Tyneside Electrics" routes (which had been electrified using third rail until the 1960's when BR discontinued the "non-standard" equipment in favour of diesels) were rebuilt as the "Tyne and Wear Metro" in the 1970's. Styled as "Light Rail" it is in practice normal heavy rail, and even shares the Durham Coast Line with the rail network (unlike the other tram systems in the UK which operate alongside but on separate rights of way).
The Durham Coast Line (DCL) is the name given to the railway services which link Newcastle upon Tyne with Middlesborough, via Sunderland and Hartlepool. ...
25000V (25 kV), 50 Hz AC, Overhead Line Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1100x622, 268 KB)A Virgin Trains Pendolino and an EWS freight train pass each other on the West Coast Main Line near Shilton in Warwickshire, England. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1100x622, 268 KB)A Virgin Trains Pendolino and an EWS freight train pass each other on the West Coast Main Line near Shilton in Warwickshire, England. ...
The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap in Northamptonshire A Virgin Pendolino and freight train on the WCML The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...
The majority of this line was originally electrified at 6.25kV AC overhead. It was converted to 25kV AC Overhead in the early 1960s. The London, Tilbury and Southend Railway (LT&SR) is a railway line linking Fenchurch Street railway station in the City of London with East London and south Essex towns. ...
The Great Eastern Main Line is the railway line from London Liverpool Street to Ipswich and Norwich. ...
The Upminster Branch Line is a 3. ...
The Shenfield to Southend (Victoria) Line is a railway line from Shenfield to Southend-on-Sea in Essex. ...
The Crouch Valley Line is a branch line from Wickford to Southminster in Essex. ...
The Braintree Branch Line is a branch line from Witham to Braintree in Essex. ...
The Colchester to Clacton Line is a railway line linking Colchester to Clacton-on-Sea. ...
The Mayflower Line is a railway line from Manningtree to Harwich in Essex. ...
West Anglia This covers the lines from London Liverpool Street (Bethnal Green Jn) to Chingford, Enfield Town, Hertford East, and Cambridge. The line was first electrified in the 1960s when the lines to Chingford, Enfield Town and Cheshunt were electrified at electrified at 6.25 kV, 50 Hz a.c., overhead. The line from Cheshunt to Bishops Stortford and Hertford East was electrified at 25 kV, 50 Hz a.c., overhead. The Lea Valley line between Coppermill Junction and Cheshunt was electrified at 25 kV in 1969. All of the 6.25 kV areas were converted to 25 kV in 1983. In 1987 electrification was extended from Bishops Stortford to Cambridge using 25 kV. In 1990, the line to Stansted Airport opened, and in 1992, electrification was further extended from Cambridge to Kings Lynn. - Electrified in two parts, the first between 1975 and 1978 and the second between 1984 and 1991.
- The line between London (Kings Cross) and Royston was electrified between 1976 and 1978 as part of the Great Northern Suburban Electrification Project. This included the Hertford Loop Line.
- In 1984, authority was given to electrify to Edinburgh and Leeds. The section between Hitchin and Peterborough was completed in 1987, and Doncaster and York were reached in 1989. By 1990 electrification had reached Newcastle, and in 1991 the final section to Edinburgh was completed.
- In order to keep the construction teams busy two additional schemes were authorised that extended electrification to Carstairs and to North Berwick (North Berwick Line).
- At the peak of electrification works in the late 1980's it claimed to be the "longest construction site in the world" at over 400 km.
- Electrified between London (St Pancras) and Bedford in 1983. The branch from Dock Junction to Moorgate was also electrified.
- See also Thameslink
- Electrified from the late 1950s to the mid 1960s under the 1955 BR modernisation plan as far as Crewe (and branches), it was extended to Scotland in the 1970s.
- Since 1999 the line has been modernised and the overhead line equipment has undergone a programme of refurbishment and renewal as part of works to increase train speeds from 110mph to 125mph.
- 1989 saw the electrification of the ECML which goes through Edinburgh, at the time a few local routes were electrified, but the majority of local services are unelectrified.
- – see also: Transport in Edinburgh
Suburban electrification was started in the 1960s in the wake of the 1955 BR modernisation plan. Electrification was piecemeal over the preceding year and is still incomplete with several suburban, rural and inter city lines still unelectrified. Rail expansion plans call for reopening of the Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link, connecting the North Clyde Line and Edinburgh to Bathgate Line. See also: SPT and Transport in Glasgow. The East Coast Main Line viaduct at Durham. ...
The Hertford Loop is a branch of the East Coast Main Line. ...
The North Berwick Line is a railway line linking Edinburgh with North Berwick in Scotland. ...
The Midland Main Line is a main railway line in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...
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The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap in Northamptonshire A Virgin Pendolino and freight train on the WCML The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...
The Northampton loop is a railway line serving the town of Northampton deviating from the main West Coast Main Line. ...
The tracks at the eastern end of Birmingham New Street station Class 390 no. ...
The Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line is a loop off the West Coast Main Line (WCML) between Rugby and Stafford via the West Midlands cities of Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton. ...
The main entrance to Liverpool Lime Street Station Liverpool Lime Street railway station on Lime Street is the mainline railway station serving Liverpool, England. ...
Interior shot of the station with the Victorian trainshed. ...
The Stafford to Manchester Line is a branch of the West Coast Main Line (Network Rail Route 18) serving Stafford, Stone and Stoke-on-Trent, Kidsgrove, Congleton, Macclesfield, Prestbury, Stockport and Manchester. ...
The Crewe to Manchester Line is a railway line in north west England, running from Crewe north east to Manchester. ...
Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. ...
The St Albans Abbey Branch Line is a railway line from Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey railway station. ...
Waverley Station is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. ...
The Crewe to Derby Line is a railway line in central England, running from Crewe south east to Derby. ...
Edinburgh Crossrail was constructed and opened in 2002. ...
Waverley Station is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. ...
Newcraighall railway station is a railway station serving the Newcraighall area of Edinburgh in Scotland. ...
The Waverley Route is an abandoned railway line that ran south from Edinburgh in Scotland, through Midlothian and the Scottish Borders to Carlisle in England. ...
The North Berwick Line is a railway line linking Edinburgh with North Berwick in Scotland. ...
Waverley Station is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. ...
North Berwick railway station is a railway station serving the seaside town of North Berwick in East Lothian, Scotland. ...
Haymarket railway station is in Haymarket, Edinburgh, Scotland. ...
The Glasgow to Edinburgh via Carstairs Line is a main railway line which connects the West Coast Main Line to the East Coast Main Line in Central Scotland. ...
The North Berwick Line is a railway line linking Edinburgh with North Berwick in Scotland. ...
Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. ...
Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. ...
Buses on Princes Street, one of the main thoroughfares in the city of Edinburgh. ...
The Airdrie-Bathgate Rail Link is a proposed railway development in Central Scotland. ...
The North Clyde Line (defined by Network Rail as the Glasgow North Electric Suburban line) is a suburban railway in West Central Scotland. ...
The Edinburgh to Bathgate Line is a railway line in East Central Scotland. ...
A Class 156 train in SPT livery at Glasgow Central station The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) is a public body which is responsible for planning and co-ordinating regional transport, and especially the public transport system, in the Strathclyde area of western Scotland. ...
Route 9, June 1962, shortly before the end of tram services in Glasgow in September The city of Glasgow, Scotland has a transport system encompassing air, rail, and road, as well as an underground rail system. ...
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- The main line to Leeds from London (via Wakefield Westgate) was electrified in 1990. In 1994, a project to electrify some of the local lines around Leeds was given authority to proceed. The project was called the "Leeds North West Electrification", and was intended to electrify the lines from Leeds to Bradford (Forster Sqaure), Skipton (Airedale Line) and Ilkley (Wharfedale Line).
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- A few lines out of New Street mainly related to the West Coast Main Line.
- Trent Valley Line - WCML, 1964.
- Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line - WCML, 1966.
- Birmingham Cross-City Line - Electrified in the early 1990s, re-opening in 1993.
- Walsall Line - Electrified from New Street to Walsall.
- Electrified in 1994 between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport. This scheme was a joint venture between the British Railways Board and the British Airports Authority.
- See Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect
Helensburgh Central railway station serves the town of Helensburgh on north shore of the Firth of Clyde, near to Glasgow. ...
The Balloch railway station is a railway station serving the town of Balloch, Scotland. ...
The Milngavie railway station is a railway station serving the outlying Milngavie suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. ...
Queen Street Station is a railway station in Glasgow, Scotland and is Glasgows second main line terminus. ...
Springburn Railway Station is a railway station in Springburn, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. ...
The Drumgelloch railway station is a railway station serving the Drumgelloch area of North Lanarkshire, Scotland. ...
The Cathcart Circle Lines form a suburban railway route linking Glasgow to Cathcart via a circular line, with branches to Newton Mearns and Neilston. ...
Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. ...
Newton railway station is near the village of Newton, South Lanarkshire, part of the town of Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. ...
The Neilston railway station is a railway station in Neilston, a village near Glasgow in Scotland. ...
The Inverclyde Line is a railway line running from Glasgow Central station through Paisley (Gilmour Street) and a series of stations to the south of the River Clyde and the Firth of Clyde, terminating at Gourock and Wemyss Bay, where it connects to Caledonian MacBrayne ferry services. ...
Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. ...
Gourock railway station is a terminus of the Inverclyde Line, located at Gourock pierhead and serving the town as well as the ferry services it was originally built for. ...
The station seen from the road, with MV Bute at the slip. ...
The Ayrshire Coast Line is one of the lines within the Strathclyde suburban rail network in Scotland. ...
Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. ...
Ayr railway station is a railway station serving the town of Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland. ...
Largs railway station is a railway station in the town of Largs, North Ayrshire, Scotland with ferries to Great Cumbrae Island. ...
Ardrossan Harbour railway station is one of three railway stations in the town of Ardrossan, North Ayrshire, Scotland. ...
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. ...
Dalmuir railway station is a railway station serving the Dalmuir area of Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. ...
The Milngavie railway station is a railway station serving the outlying Milngavie suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. ...
Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. ...
Larkhall station on the first day of opening to the general public. ...
The Lanark railway station is a railway station in Lanark, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. ...
Carstairs railway station Serves the town of Carstars in South Lanarkshire Categories: | ...
Coatbridge Central railway station is located in Coatbridge. ...
The Glasgow to Edinburgh via Carstairs Line is a main railway line which connects the West Coast Main Line to the East Coast Main Line in Central Scotland. ...
The North Berwick Line is a railway line linking Edinburgh with North Berwick in Scotland. ...
Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. ...
Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. ...
The Motherwell to Cumbernauld Line is a suburban railway line linking Motherwell and Cumbernauld in Scotland. ...
Motherwell railway station serves Motherwell in Scotland. ...
Coatbridge Central railway station is located in Coatbridge. ...
Cumbernauld railway station is a railway station serving the town of Cumbernauld, Scotland. ...
The Paisley Canal Railway line originally ran from Glasgow, Scotland, to Paisley Canal Railway Station. ...
Corkerhill railway station is a railway station in Corkerhill, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. ...
Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. ...
The Shotts Line, is a suburban railway line linking Glasgow and Edinburgh via Shotts in Scotland. ...
Holytown railway station is a railway station serving Holytown in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. ...
Kirknewton railway station is a railway station serving Kirknewton in West Lothian, Scotland. ...
The Whifflet Line is one of the lines within the Strathclyde suburban rail network. ...
The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap in Northamptonshire A Virgin Pendolino and freight train on the WCML The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...
Glasgow Central Station is the larger of the two present main-line railway terminals in Glasgow, Scotland, and is managed by Network Rail. ...
Rutherglen (said: Rhu-ther-glehn) comes from the Gaelic An Ruadh Ghleann - the red valley. Rutherglen is a town located within the south-eastern suburbs of the city of Glasgow, Scotland near the town of Cambuslang. ...
Whifflet railway station is located in the Whifflet area of Coatbridge and is the terminal station on the Whifflet Line. ...
Wakefield Westgate is the mainline railway station for the city of Wakefield, West Yorkshire. ...
The Airedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ...
The Wharfedale Line is the name given to one of the rail services in the West Yorkshire Metro area of northern England. ...
The Glossop Line is a railway line in northern England, connecting Manchester with Glossop and Hadfield in Derbyshire. ...
Route map of the Manchester, South Junction & Altrincham Railway, showing layout of connecting lines in the Manchester area (click for full size view) The Manchester, South Junction and Altrincham Railway (MSJAR) was a suburban railway which operated a 13. ...
The Airport-Manchester Line or Manchester Airport Line is a railway line in south Manchester. ...
The Stafford to Manchester Line is a branch of the West Coast Main Line (Network Rail Route 18) serving Stafford, Stone and Stoke-on-Trent, Kidsgrove, Congleton, Macclesfield, Prestbury, Stockport and Manchester. ...
The Crewe to Manchester Line is a railway line in north west England, running from Crewe north east to Manchester. ...
The tracks at the eastern end of Birmingham New Street station Class 390 no. ...
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The Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line is a loop off the West Coast Main Line (WCML) between Rugby and Stafford via the West Midlands cities of Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton. ...
The Cross-City Line is a suburban railway line in the West Midlands region of England. ...
Map of the Chase Line. ...
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Paddington station or London Paddington is the name of a major railway station in the Paddington area of London, which is the London terminus for long distance trains to the West of England and South Wales and some West London commuter services. ...
London Heathrow Airport (IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdoms busiest and best-connected airport. ...
Heathrow Express is a train service from Heathrow Airport to Paddington in central London operated by the Heathrow Express Operating Authority—a wholly owned subsidiary of BAA. The service is not part of the National Rail system, despite part of its journey sharing track with National Rail trains and terminating...
Heathrow Connect is a train service in London, connecting Heathrow Airport with Paddington station. ...
For the similar scheme in Glasgow, see Glasgow Crossrail Crossrail is a project to build a new east-west railway connection under central London, with one connection to the west and two to the east. ...
25-0-25 kV, 50 Hz AC, Overhead Line, Auto-Transformer - The first time that an auto-transformer system has been used in the UK.
- Currently in use between Ashton (north of Milton Keynes) and Hillmorton (south of Rugby), but planned to be extended along most of the route between London and Glasgow.
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The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap in Northamptonshire A Virgin Pendolino and freight train on the WCML The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ...
See also List of systems · Railway electric traction · Traction power network 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. ...
This a list of the voltages, etc. ...
// Railway electric traction describes the various types of locomotive and multiple units that are used on electrification systems around the world Railway electrification as a means of traction emerged at the end of the nineteenth century. ...
A traction power network is an electricity grid for the supply of electric trains. ...
Electric locomotive · EMUs · Electro-diesel locomotive Modern three-phase AC locomotive (DBAG Class 152) A GG1 An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electric motors which draws current from an overhead wire (overhead lines), a third rail, or an on-board storage device such as a battery or a flywheel energy storage system. ...
A classic Belgian multiple unit of type 74 A multiple unit (MU) is a passenger train whose carriages have their own motors, either diesel (DMUs) or electric (EMUs), and do not need to be hauled by a locomotive, and can be coupled with other similar units to operate together, in...
An Electro-diesel locomotive is a special type of locomotive that can be powered either from an external electricity supply (i. ...
Overhead lines · Third rail The overhead lines of a Swiss Federal Railways track. ...
Third rail at the West Falls Church Metro stop in Washington, D.C., electrified to 750 volts. ...
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The London, Midland and Scottish Railway was middling in its development of electrification schemes, being better than the Great Western Railway which had none, but behind the London and North Eastern Railway and infinitely far behind the Southern Railway with its huge suburban electification schemes. ...
// Introduction The Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway was an early electrification scheme on British railways. ...
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January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
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2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...
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Further reading
525V, d.c., Third Rail - Box, Charles E. (1959). Liverpool Overhead Railway. Railway World Ltd..
- Gahan, John W. (1992). Seventeen stations to Dingle - The Liverpool Overhead Railway remembered. Countyvise and Avon-Anglia. ISBN 0-907768-20-2.
- Bolger, Paul (1992). The Docker's Umbrella - A History of Liverpool Overhead Railway. The Bluecoat Press. ISBN 1-872568-05-X.
- Jarvis, Adrian (1996). Portrait of the Liverpool Overhead Railway. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-2468-5.
630V, d.c., Fourth Rail - Glover, John (2003). London's Underground (10th Edition). Ian Allan. ISBN 0 7110 2935 0.
650V, d.c., Third Rail - Maund, T.B. (2001). Merseyrail Electrics - The Inside Story. NBC Books. ISBN 0-9531896-1-3.
750V, d.c., Third Rail - Moody, G.T. (1979). Southern Electric 1909-1979. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0924-4.
- Glover, John (2001). Southern Electric. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-2807-9.
1500V, d.c., Overhead Line - Appleby, K.C. (1990). Shildon - Newport in Retrospect. ISBN 0-901115-67-3.
- Dixon, Frank (1994). The Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway. The Oakwood Press. ISBN 0-85361-454-7.
6600V, 25Hz a.c., Overhead Line - Goslin, Geoff (2002). London's Elevated Electric Railway - The LBSCR Suburban Overhead Electrification 1909-1929. Connor & Butler Ltd. ISBN 0-947669-35-X.
25kV, 50Hz a.c., Overhead Line - Nock, O.S. (1966). Britain's New Railway. Ian Allan.
- Nock, O.S. (1974). Electric Euston to Glasgow. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0530-3.
- Boocock, Colin (1991). East Coast Electrification. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1979-7.
- Semmens, Peter (1991). Electrifying the East Coast Route. Patrick Stephens Ltd.. ISBN 0-85059-929-6.
- Glover, John (2003). Eastern Electric. Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-2934-2.
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