List of traction power systems

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German design overhead contact line near Thayngen, Switzerland (2018) 15,000 V 16 2 ⁄ 3   HzWorld icon

The list of traction current systems gives an overview of the traction current systems used worldwide , both current and historical. The tables indicate the nominal voltages . The electrical voltage actually present at a certain point on the railway line can deviate from this nominal voltage within specified tolerance ranges. Deviations arise, for example, from the distance from the substation or from the network load from moving trains. The electrical energy is fed to the traction vehicle via a contact line . This can be designed as an overhead line or a busbar .

Railway power systems in Europe
  • 750 V =
  • 1.5 kV =
  • 3 kV =
  • 15 kV ~
  • 25 kV ~
  • not electrified

    • Legend

    • Main power systems of a country are fat represented
    • Former power systems are shown in italics (this may mean that the railway is still in operation with a different power system)

    Historic electricity systems for narrow-gauge railways in Switzerland

    Many Swiss narrow-gauge railways have changed their nominal voltage over the course of their operating hours. In order to maintain an overview, the historical DC voltages of these railways up to and including 1500 V are not listed here. The list of narrow-gauge railways in Switzerland and the list of former Swiss railway lines provide a complete overview of all current and historical contact line voltage .

    Direct current

    Voltage up to 1,000 V.

    tension Supply line country route Length
    km     		from to
    120 V Overhead line Great Britain Seaton Tramway
    180 V Runways Germany Electric tram Lichterfelde – Kadettenanstalt 1881 1891
    220 V Overhead line Germany Plauen Park Railway 1.0 1959
    400 V Busbar Germany Berchtesgaden salt mine railway
    500 V Overhead line As a general rule Main areas of application : trams
    Main areas of use : Europe
    550 V Overhead line with slotted pipes Austria Mödling – Hinterbrühl local railway 1883 1932
    550 V Overhead line Austria Pressburger Bahn from the state border 1914 1945
    550 V Overhead line Switzerland Grütschalp – Mürren 4.27 1891
    550 V Overhead line Great Britain Snaefell Mountain Railway 8.0 1914
    550 V Italy Ferrovia Cogne-Acque Fredde 1929
    600 V Overhead line As a general rule Main areas of application : trams
    Main areas of use : Europe
    600 V Overhead line Cuba Hershey Railway 135 1919
    600 V Overhead line Japan Trolleybus of the Tateyama-Kurobe Pass, which serves the Ogizawa-Kurobedamu section 6.1 1964 2018
    600 V Overhead line Japan Trolleybus of the Tateyama-Kurobe Pass, which serves the Murodo-Daikanbo section 3.7 1996
    600 V Overhead line United States Iowa Traction Railroad 21st 1897
    600 V Overhead line Austria Vienna tram 221.5 1897
    600 V Overhead line Austria Tram Graz 67.2 1898
    600 V Overhead line Switzerland Baselland Transport AG (excluding Waldenburgerbahn) , Dolderbahn , mountain railway Rheineck – Walzenhausen , Bern – Worb Dorf , city line St. Gallen – pupil house of the Trogenerbahn (crossings of overhead lines with trolleybus St. Gallen ) as well as all urban trams ( Basel , Bern , Geneva , Neuchâtel and Zurich including Glattalbahn )
    600 V Overhead line Germany Trossingen Railway 3.9 1898
    600 V Overhead line Germany Flat section of the Oberweißbacher Bergbahn 1923
    600 V Busbar Germany Wuppertal suspension railway 13.3 1901
    600 V Busbar Italy Sassi – Superga rack railway 3.135 1935
    600 V Busbar Argentina Line B and Urquiza of the subway in Buenos Aires
    600 V Busbar United States Boston : Red Line Subway ( MBTA ) 1912
    650 V Overhead line Germany The Klingenthal – Sachsenberg-Georgenthal narrow-gauge railway 4.113 1917 1964
    650 V Busbar between
    runways         		United States New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad : Hartford –New Britain – Berlin (Connecticut) and –New Bristol (Connecticut) 1898 (approx.) ?
    675 V Busbar United States Baltimore and Ohio Railroad : Howard Street Tunnel in Baltimore (Camden Station - Huntingdon Avenue) 1895 1952
    700 V Busbar United States Metro-North Railroad (Hudson & Harlem Line)
    ± 700 V Overhead line (two-pole) Czech Republic Local railway Tábor – Bechyně 24.091 1903 1929
    750 V Overhead line As a general rule Main areas of application : light rail
    main areas of distribution
    750 V Overhead line Germany Light rail ( Stadtbahn Stuttgart , Stadtbahn Köln / Bonn , Stadtbahn Dortmund , Stadtbahn Hannover etc.) , Albtalbahn , Upper Rhine Railway , Rhein-Haardtbahn
    750 V Overhead line Austria Service of the International Rhine Regulation
    750 V Overhead line Switzerland Bex-Villars-Bretaye-Bahn , service railway of the international Rhine regulation , Ferrovia Monte Generoso , Chemin de fer Orbe – Chavornay , Stadtbahn Lausanne , Wynental- and Suhrentalbahn
    750 V Busbar As a general rule Main areas of application : subways , long-distance railways
    Main areas of use : Europe
    750 V Busbar Germany S-Bahn Berlin , U-Bahn Berlin ( both systems ), U-Bahn Hamburg , U-Bahn Munich , U-Bahn Nuremberg
    750 V Busbar Austria Vienna subway
    750 V Busbar Switzerland Freiburg-Murten-Ins-Bahn (later up to 900 V) 25.60 1903 1947
    750 V Busbar Great Britain Long-distance railways in southern England
    750 V Busbar Romania Bucharest Metro
    750 V Busbar Russia Metro trains in Russia
    750 V Busbar Czech Republic Prague metro
    750 V Busbar Hungary Budapest Metro
    750 V Busbar United States long Island
    750 V Busbar between
    runways         		France Parts of the Bordeaux tram (busbar only when passing under voltage) 2003
    800 V Overhead line Germany Buckower Kleinbahn 4.9 1930 1981
    800 V Overhead line Austria various branch lines of the Stern & Hafferl Verkehrsgesellschaft , regional trams
    800 V Poland Routes around Gdansk and Gdynia 44.5 1951 1976
    850 V Overhead line Austria Local railway Vienna – Baden , Innsbruck-Fulpmes
    850 V Overhead line Switzerland Montreux-Territet-Glion-Rochers-de-Naye Railway 10.36 1909-1938
    850 V Overhead line / conductor rail Switzerland Martigny-Châtelard Railway 20.87 1889
    850 V Busbar France Ligne de Cerdagne , Saint-Gervais – Vallorcine railway line
    900 V Overhead line Switzerland Blonay – Chamby , meter gauge lines of the Freiburg Transport Authority , Montreux-Berner Oberland-Bahn , Vevey – Blonay – Les Pléiades

    Voltage 1,000-1,999 volts

    tension Supply line country route Length
    km     		from to
    1,000 V Overhead line Austria Railway line Salzburg – Lamprechtshausen and railway line Bürmoos – Ostermiething
    1,000 V Overhead line Switzerland Bernina Railway , Lugano-Ponte-Tresa Railway , Trogenerbahn (excluding the St. Gallen – Schülerhaus city line) , Wohlen-Meisterschwanden Railway (1916–1966 with 1000–1200 V)
    1,000 V Overhead line Hungary HÉV (Budapest suburban railway)
    1,100 V Germany Works railway of the Peenemünde Army Research Institute 1943 1946
    1,100 V Argentina Line A of the subway in Buenos Aires
    1,200 V Overhead line Germany Pit tracks in Niederlausitzer , Central German coal mining area , and in the lignite field Wetterau km 23, (1954-1991), outside range Eberstadt the tram Darmstadt to 1945, Schleizer small train (1930-1969) , Köln-Bonner railways (dissolved 1992), Wachtlbahn
    1,200 V Busbar Germany S-Bahn Hamburg 1940
    1,200 V Overhead line Switzerland Biel-Täuffelen-in-web , Centovalli web , Forchbahn , Frauenfeld-Wil railway , Oberaargau-Jura webs , Meiringen-Innertkirchen railway , Solothurn-Niederbipp train , Wohlen-Bremgarten-Dietikon
    1,200 V Catenary (laterally offset) Switzerland Uetlibergbahn 10.36 1923
    1,200 V Overhead line Cuba Ferrocarriles de Cuba 1985
    1,200 V Overhead line Spain Ferrocarril de Sóller 1927
    ± 1,200 V Overhead line (two-pole) France Chemin de fer de La Mure 1903 1950
    1,250 V Overhead line Switzerland Regional traffic Bern – Solothurn (excluding Bern – Worb Dorf)
    1,280 V Czech Republic Hohenfurt Electric Local Railway 1911 1956
    1,500 V Overhead line As a general rule Main areas of application : long-distance railways . Area of
    use : Netherlands, southern France
    1,500 V Overhead line Germany Extertalbahn (1927–?) And two entries: 1927
    1,500 V Overhead line Austria Landesbahn Feldbach – Bad Gleichenberg 21.2 1931 1945
    1,500 V Overhead line Switzerland Meter-gauge network of the Appenzeller Bahnen (without Trogenerbahn) , Berner Oberland-Bahnen , Chemins de fer des Montagnes Neuchâteloises , Chemin de fer Nyon – Saint-Cergue – Morez , meter gauge network of Chemins de fer du Jura , Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher-Bahn , Rigi Railways , Transports Publics du Chablais (without Bex-Villars-Bretaye-Bahn) , Waldenburgerbahn , Wengernalpbahn , Genève – La Plaine (1956–2014)
    1,500 V Overhead line Argentina Lines C, D, E of the Buenos Aires Metro
    1,500 V Overhead line Australia Long-distance railways in Australia ( Melbourne , Sydney )
    1,500 V Overhead line Belgium Brussels-Leopoldswijk - Tervuren railway line, Belgium's first (and only 1500 V) electrified railway line 13.1 1931 1970
    1,500 V Overhead line Denmark Copenhagen S-Bahn only
    1,500 V Overhead line France Long-distance railways (old lines south of Paris ) 1922
    1,500 V Overhead line India just around Mumbai 2015
    1,500 V Overhead line Ireland Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART)
    1,500 V Overhead line Italy all lines of the Rome Metro
    1,500 V Overhead line Japan Japan Railways long-distance trains
    1,500 V Overhead line New Zealand Wellington region , until 1997 also Otira tunnel
    1,500 V Overhead line Netherlands Nederlandse Spoorwegen
    1,500 V Overhead line Portugal only Linha de Cascais , only track with 1500 V DC 25.4 1926
    1,500 V Overhead line Spain RENFE , Euskotren , FEVE
    1,500 V Overhead line United States METRA , (railways around Chicago)
    1,500 V Busbar France Maurienne route between Chambéry and Modane 1925 1976
    1,500 V Overhead line Czech Republic Tábor – Bechyně railway line , formerly around Prague and Hohenfurt Electric Local Railway 1929
    1,550 V Overhead line Switzerland Pilatusbahn 4.8 1937
    1,800 V Overhead line Austria Landesbahn Feldbach – Bad Gleichenberg 21.2 1948

    Voltage from 2000 volts

    tension Supply line country route Length
    km     		from to
    2,200 V Overhead line Austria Local railway Peggau – Übelbach 10.247 1919 1968
    2,200 V Overhead line Switzerland Chemin de fer Nyon – Saint-Cergue – Morez (since 1985 1500 V =) 26.96 1916 1985
    2,400 V Germany Vattenfall mine railway
    2,400 V Overhead line Switzerland Chur-Arosa-Bahn (originally 2,200 V) (since 1997 11 kV ~) 25,681 1914 1997
    2,400 V Overhead line France Chemin de fer de La Mure 1950
    2,400 V Italy Ferrovia Sangritana 1924 1956/59
    3,000 V Overhead line As a general rule Main areas of application : mainline railways
    Main areas of distribution : Belgium, Italy, CIS countries
    3,000 V Overhead line Belgium Long-distance railways in Belgium
    3,000 V Overhead line Brazil Rail transport in Brazil
    3,000 V Overhead line Chile
    3,000 V Overhead line Germany an offshoot from Belgium: 6.8 1966
    3,000 V Overhead line Estonia Eesti Raudtee
    3,000 V Overhead line Italy Ferrovie dello Stato long-distance railways (except Sardinia)
    3,000 V Overhead line Croatia a branch from Slovenia border - Šapjane (3.3 km), formerly Šapjane-Rijeka, 27.5 km and Zagreb-Rijeka (329 km), (both until December 2012) 1935
    3,000 V Overhead line Latvia Latvijas dzelzceļš , re-electrification to 25 kV 50 Hz planned, [1]
    3,000 V Overhead line Luxembourg Luxembourg – Arlon (-Brussels) railway line only 18.8 1956 2018
    3,000 V Overhead line Netherlands two offshoots from Belgium 17.3 1957
    3,000 V Overhead line North Korea Rail transport in North Korea
    3,000 V Overhead line Austria a runner from Slovenia 2.1
    3,000 V Overhead line Poland Long-distance railways of the Polskie Koleje Państwowe
    3,000 V Overhead line San Marino Rimini – San Marino railway line 19.8 1932 1944
    3,000 V Overhead line Switzerland an offshoot from Italy: 0.3 1939
    3,000 V Overhead line Slovakia Long-distance railways of the Železnice Slovenskej republiky (in the north of the country, Bohumin – Cierna – Tisou line and adjacent) , re-electrification planned [2]
    3,000 V Overhead line Slovenia Long-distance railways of the Slovenske železnice
    3,000 V Overhead line Spain Long-distance railways (most of the RENFE lines )
    3,000 V Overhead line South Africa Rail transport in South Africa
    3,000 V Overhead line Czech Republic Long-distance railways in the north and east, re-electrification planned [3] 1796
    3,000 V Overhead line United States Milwaukee Road 1914 1974
    3,000 V Overhead line United States Cleveland Union Terminals , Ohio : Collinwood - Linndale 27 1929 1959
    3,000 V Overhead line CIS countries
    3,000 V Overhead line Russia Rossiysky zheleznye dorogi
    6,000 V Russia Test track in Russia

    Single phase alternating current

    Voltage up to 10,000 volts

    tension frequency country route Length
    km     		from to
    220 V 50 Hz Germany Satzvey Tongrube - Satzvey DB-Bahnhof Example, there were many light railways with energy supply directly from the state network . 1.1 1918 1995
    2,000 V 15 Hz Italy Tranvia Vernabia - Omegna 1910/12 1946
    3,000 V 50 Hz Austria Stubaitalbahn Innsbruck - Fulpmes since then 900 V  = 18.2 1904 1983
    3,300 V 25 Hz Canada St. Clair Tunnel : ( Port Huron -) Sarnia 1908 1959
    3,300 V 25 Hz United States St. Clair Tunnel : Port Huron (- Sarnia ) 1908 1959
    5,000 V 20 Hz Switzerland Maggia Valley Railway (lateral overhead line) then until 1965 1200 V  = 1907 1925
    5,000 V 25 Hz Sweden Mellersta Östergötlands Järnvägar , ( Klockrike - Borensberg ) 8.0 1907 1915
    5,500 V 25 Hz Switzerland Seetalbahn since then 15,000 V 16 ⅔ or 16.7 Hz 1910 1930
    5500 V
    5000 V     		15/16
    16 Hz ⅔     		Germany Ammergaubahn Murnau - Oberammergau : There are different details here:
    • 5,500 volts at 15 Hz then later system changeover to 5,000 volts and increase of the frequency to 16 ⅔ Hz
    • 5,000 volts at 16 Hz and later increase to 16 ⅔ Hz
    • 5,500 volts at 16 Hz
    • 5,500 volts at 16 ⅔ Hz

    since then 15,000 V 16 ⅔ or 16.7 Hz

    		23.7 1905 1954
    6,000 V 25 Hz France Compagnie des chemins de fer des Pyrénées-Orientales ( Arles-sur-Tech - Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste ) 28.7 1913 1937
    6,000 V 25 Hz Italy Ferrovia di Valle Brembana -FVB- ( Bergamo - San Pellegrino Terme - Piazza Brembana ) 40.7 1926 1966
    6,300 V 25 Hz Germany Hamburg-Altona light rail and suburban railway (Stadtbahn) 1907 1955
    6,500 V 25 Hz Austria Mariazellerbahn St. Pölten - Mariazell 84.2 1911
    6,500 V 25 Hz Italy Roma Flaminio – Viterbo railway line 101.9 1906?
    6,600 V 25 Hz Norway Thamshavnbanen : Thamshavn  - Løkken Verk 25.3 today
    6,600 V 25 Hz United States Spokane & Inland Empire Railroad : Spokane  - Colfax / Moscow 1906 1940
    6,600 V 50 Hz Germany North-South Railway and Hambach Railway of RWE Power AG
    6,600 V 50 Hz France Routes of the Tramways des Alpes-Maritimes
    6,600 V 50 Hz Italy Società Veneta routes
    7,500 V 16 ⅔ Hz Switzerland Gotthardbahn Göschenen – Castione-Arbedo Voltage reduction during mixed steam-electric operation 1920 1921
    8,000 V 15 Hz Switzerland Chemins de fer Martigny – Orsières since then 15,000 V 16 ⅔ or 16.7 Hz 19.3 1910 1949
    8,000 V 25 Hz Germany Albtalbahn since then 750 V  = 1911 1966

    Voltage 10,000 to 19,999 volts

    tension frequency country route Length
    km     		from to
    10,000 V 25 Hz Netherlands Hofpleinlijn , ( Rotterdam  - Scheveningen ) 1907 1926
    10,000 V 25 Hz Sweden Mellersta Östergötlands Järnvägar , ( Klockrike  - Borensberg , Linköping  - Fågelsta , Fornåsa  - Motala ) 1915 1956
    11,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz Switzerland Rhaetian Railway (main network and Arosalinie since 1997 ), Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn ( Brig-Visp-Zermatt-Bahn originally 10.5–11.5 kV 16 ⅔ Hz, Furka-Oberalp-Bahn originally 11.5 kV 16 ⅔ Hz) 464 1913
    11,000 V 25 Hz Italy Ferrovia Alifana e Benevento - Napoli (FABN): Naples  - Santa Maria Capua Vetere  - Capua (43 km) 59 1913 1955
    11,000 V 25 Hz As a general rule Formerly the standard railway power system in North America.
    Main areas of application : freight traffic.
    Main areas of use : USA     		1913
    11,000 V 25 Hz United States Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W): Bluefield - Iaeger (Elkhorn Grade) 84 1913 1950
    11,000 V 25 Hz United States Great Northern Railway : Wenatchee - Skykomish line through the new Cascade Tunnel 1927 1956
    11,000 V 25 Hz United States Rock Island & Southern Railway: Rock Island - Monmouth 84
    11,000 V 25 Hz United States New Jersey Transit (NJT) Coast Line: Rahway - South Amboy 1978 voltage increased to 12.5 kV (= ½ of 25 kV) 1936 1978
    11,000 V 50 Hz France Chemin de fer du Montenvers Chamonix  - Montenvers 5.1 1953
    11,000 V 50 Hz France Tramway du Mont-Blanc Le Fayet  - Nid d'Aigle 12.4
    12,000 V 16 ⅔ Hz France Perpignan – Villefranche-de-Conflent railway line 1908 1984
    12,000 V 25 Hz France Cannes – Grasse railway line in the Cannes- Mouans-Sartoux section, experimental electrification 1910 1911
    12,000 V 25 Hz United States Amtrak or its predecessor companies section New Haven -New York-Washington DC the Northeast Corridor ; up to 1948 11,000 V voltage; from New Haven to New York switched to 60 Hz AC since 1986, SEPTA ( Philadelphia ) 1907
    12,500 V 60 Hz As a general rule Standard railway power system in North America
    Main areas of application :     Long-distance and local rail passenger transport

    Main areas of distribution : new electrifications in the New York area, ...

    • ... which have to be driven on by power electronics vehicles that were built for 11 kV 25 Hz and have no switchable transformers for 25 kV
    • ... where the clearances do not allow electrification with 25 kV
    		 1978
    12,500 V 60 Hz United States New Jersey Transit (NJT) Coast Line: Rahway - Long Branch 2002 Voltage increased to 25 kV 1978 2002
    12,500 V 60 Hz United States Metro-North Railroad : New Haven Line from Pelham via New Rochelle to New Haven previously electrified with 25 Hz alternating current since 1907/1914; Most of the route is also part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor 1986
    15,000 V 15 Hz Switzerland SBB : Test operation Seebach - Wettingen then switched to steam operation, since 1942 15,000 V 16 ⅔ or 16.7 Hz 1905 1909
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz As a general rule Standard railway power system in Central and Northern Europe
    Main areas of application :     Long-distance and local rail passenger transport , S-Bahn (with a few exceptions)
    Main areas of distribution : Germany, Austria and Switzerland and with 16 ⅔ Hz in Norway and Sweden     		1912
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz Germany Deutsche Bahn , central network (federal territory with the exception of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and parts of Brandenburg) 1995
    15,000 V 16 ⅔ Hz Germany Deutsche Bahn : decentralized network (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and parts of Brandenburg)
    until 1995: Deutsche Bundesbahn , Deutsche Reichsbahn ; since 1994 Deutsche Bahn     		1912
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz Austria Austrian Federal Railways , Montafonerbahn (12.7 km, since 1972) 1912
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz Switzerland almost all standard gauge railways, in particular: Swiss Federal Railways (since 1918), BLS AG (since 1913, 399 km), Südostbahn (since 1931, 123 km)

    Meter gauge railways : Zentralbahn (since 1941, 99 km), MBC : Bière– / L'Isle – Apples – Morges line (since 1943, 30 km), Travys : Yverdon – Ste-Croix line (since 1945, 24 km)

    		1913
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz Belgium Aachen – Tongeren railway line

    Gemmernich tunnel (border) to Montzen system change point on the Göhltalviadukt, the reason is the slope to Montzen, on which AC voltage is better suited, before diesel operation.

    		5 2008
    15,000 V 16 ⅔ Hz Sweden Statens Järnvägar
    15,000 V 16 ⅔ Hz Norway Bane NOR (formerly: Norges Statsbaner )
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz Denmark Section from Germany: 1.1 1996
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz France Route sections from Switzerland and Germany: 12.32 1956
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz Liechtenstein Section between Austria and Switzerland: (Feldkirch -) border A-FL - Schaan-Vaduz - border FL-CH (- Buchs SG ) operated by Austrian Federal Railways 1926
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz Italy Route sections from Switzerland and Austria: 1930
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz Netherlands Section from Germany: 2.8 1968
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz Slovakia Section from Austria: 1.7
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz Slovenia Section from Austria: 7.05
    15,000 V 16 ⅔ Hz Czechoslovakia Route sections from Silesia: 7.7 1914 1945
    15,000 V 16.7 Hz 16 ⅔ Hz Czech Republic Section from Austria: 12.8 2006
    15,000 V 50 Hz Switzerland SBB : Test operation Seebach - Affoltern 16 January to 10 November, then switched to 15 Hz 1905 1905
    16,000 V 50 Hz Hungary Magyar Államvasutak : Budapest – Hegyeshalom line (border with Austria) converted to 25 kV in 1967 1932 1967

    Voltage 20,000 volts and more

    tension frequency country route Length
    km     		from to
    20,000 V 50 Hz Germany Höllentalbahn 15,000 V 16 ⅔ or 16.7 Hz since then 1933 1960
    20,000 V 50 Hz France Aix-Les-Bains-Annecy-La Roche sur Foron since then 25,000 V 50 Hz 78 1950 1953
    20,000 V 50 Hz Japan Standard of the Hokkaido RC and East Japan RC
    20,000 V 60 Hz Japan Standard of Kyushu RC and West Japan RC
    25,000 V 50 Hz As a general rule Main areas of application : mainline and long-distance railways
    Main areas of distribution : Western, Southern, Eastern Europe, CIS countries, India, Japan, Australia
    25,000 V 50 Hz Germany Rübelandbahn (18.2 km) 2005-2008 no electrical operation

    In the period from 1962 to 1971 between Hennigsdorf and Wustermark a part of the Berlin outer ring BAR (junction Hasselberg - Brieselang) for experimental purposes. 1973 Dismantling of the overhead contact line while retaining the masts, which were then used in 1983 for the 15,000 V standard electrification.

    The northern entry points and the northern pull-out track of the Vojtanov station (Voitersreuth). However, the infrastructure belongs to České dráhy ( ČD ). 1983

    		18.2 1965

    1983

    25,000 V 50 Hz Austria Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn : Neusiedler Seebahn (since 2003)
    Section from the Czech Republic:     		1987
    25,000 V 50 Hz Switzerland Chemin de fer de l'État de Genève : Genève Eaux-Vives - CH-F border (- Annemasse ) (4.0 km, 1986–2013) from 2017 15,000 V 16.7 Hz
    SBB : Genève – La Plaine (- border CH-F) (14.5 km, since 2014) previously 1500 V  =     		18.5 1986
    25,000 V 50 Hz Argentina Parts of the suburban railways of Buenos Aires
    25,000 V 50 Hz Ethiopia Addis Ababa – Djibouti railway line 756 2016
    25,000 V 50 Hz Australia Queensland : Brisbane – Rockhampton railway ( North Coast railway line, Queensland ) from 1989
    South Australia : Adelaide – Seaford railway (     Seaford railway line from February 23, 2014)
    Western Australia : Perth , Transperth Trains , from 1991
    25,000 V 50 Hz Belgium Dinant-Athus , Gouvy-Rivage , Namur – Arlon railway line (re-electrification planned), high-speed lines HSL 1 to HSL 4
    25,000 V 50 Hz Bosnia and Herzegovina Željeznice Federacije Bosne i Hercegovine , Željeznice Republike Srpske
    25,000 V 50 Hz Bulgaria Balgarsky Darschawni Zheleznitsi
    25,000 V 50 Hz China Railway network of the People's Republic of China
    25,000 V 50 Hz Denmark Danske Statsbaner
    25,000 V 50 Hz Finland VR-Yhtymä
    25,000 V 50 Hz France Société nationale des chemins de fer français , high-speed TGV , routes in the north, new electrifications 1952
    25,000 V 50 Hz Greece Organismos Sidirodromon Ellados
    25,000 V 50 Hz Great Britain British Rail , Channel Tunnel Rail Link
    25,000 V 50 Hz India Indian Railways
    25,000 V 50 Hz Iran Railway company of the Islamic Republic of Iran
    25,000 V 50 Hz Israel Israel Railways
    25,000 V 50 Hz Italy only high-speed traffic Ferrovie Alta Velocità and in Sardinia as well as the Vinschgau Railway from 2021 2005
    25,000 V 50 Hz Japan Shinkansen high-speed traffic ( Jōetsu , Tōhoku , Hokkaidō , Nagano )
    25,000 V 50 Hz Kazakhstan Turkestan-Siberian Railway
    25,000 V 50 Hz Croatia Hrvatske željeznice
    25,000 V 50 Hz Lithuania Lietuvos Gelezinkeliai
    25,000 V 50 Hz Luxembourg Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois
    25,000 V 50 Hz Monaco Société nationale des chemins de fer français , Marseille – Ventimiglia railway line 1969
    25,000 V 50 Hz Montenegro Željeznica Crne Gore
    25,000 V 50 Hz New Zealand North Island Main Trunk Railway , (Palmerston North - Te Rapa)
    25,000 V 50 Hz Netherlands Betuweroute , high-speed line HSL Zuid (high-speed line Schiphol – Antwerp) (from 2008) 2007
    25,000 V 50 Hz North Macedonia Makedonski železnici
    25,000 V 50 Hz Portugal Comboios de Portugal
    25,000 V 50 Hz Romania Căile Ferate Române
    25,000 V 50 Hz Russia Rossiysky zheleznye dorogi
    25,000 V 50 Hz Serbia Železnice Srbije
    25,000 V 50 Hz Slovakia Železnice Slovenskej republiky (only in the south)
    25,000 V 50 Hz Spain High-speed AVE traffic ( SFS Madrid – Seville , SFS Madrid – Barcelona , SFS Madrid – Valladolid , SFS Saragossa – Huesca , SFS Córdoba – Málaga , SFS Madrid – Toledo ) 1992
    25,000 V 50 Hz South Africa Rail transport in South Africa
    25,000 V 50 Hz Czech Republic České dráhy (in the west and south), new electrification, re-electrification from 3 kV GS to 25 kV WS planned [4] 1374
    25,000 V 50 Hz Tunisia Tunis
    25,000 V 50 Hz Turkey Rail transport in Turkey
    25,000 V 50 Hz Ukraine Ukrzalisnytsja
    25,000 V 50 Hz Hungary Magyar Államvasutak
    Raab-Oedenburg-Ebenfurter Eisenbahn
    25,000 V 50 Hz Belarus Belaruskaya chyhunka
    25,000 V 60 Hz Japan Shinkansen high-speed traffic ( Kyūshū , San'yō , Tōkaidō , Nagano )
    25,000 V 60 Hz Canada Quebec: Deux-Montagnes Line ( AMT )
    25,000 V 60 Hz Mexico Mexico City , Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México
    25,000 V 60 Hz Pakistan Pakistan Railways (293 km)
    25,000 V 60 Hz South Korea Korail
    25,000 V 60 Hz Taiwan Taiwan High Speed ​​Rail
    25,000 V 60 Hz United States New Jersey Transit , Amtrak (section Boston – New Haven of the Northeast Corridor ) (from 2000)
    Colorado: Denver (RTD) Line A, 38 km, from 2016
    New Mexico: Four Corners power station to BHP Kohlmiene, 21.4 km from 1974
    50,000 V 50 Hz South Africa Sishen – Saldanha railway line ( Orex line ,) 861 1973
    50,000 V 60 Hz United States Arizona: Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad (BM&LP) ; Coal discharge track between the Black Mesa Mine at Kayenta and the Navajo Generating Station , the local coal-fired power station in Page .

    Due to the failed sale of the coal power plant in Page and its decommissioning, the coal railway is no longer needed.

    		126 1973 2019
    50,000 V 60 Hz Canada British Columbia Railway : Tumbler Ridge Line 132 1983 2000
    50,000 V 60 Hz United States Colorado and Utah : Deseret Power Railroad . From Rangely, Colorado to Bonanza, Utah. Coal removal track. Length 53 km, commissioned in 1984 53 1984
    50,000 V 60 Hz United States Ohio near Beverly : Muskingum Electric Railroad ; Coal removal railway with driverless operation. Line is no longer in operation. 32 1968 2004

    Three-phase current

    Two-pole overhead contact line with a rail as the third conductor

    tension frequency Supply line country route Length
    km     		from to
    two-pole catenary Italy Rete Adriatica 1905
    45 V two-pole catenary Germany Rumpelstiltskin children's tram 0.2 1931
    500 V 40 Hz two-pole catenary Switzerland Schwyz trams (Schwyz Bahnhof – Post) 1900 1914
    500 V 50 Hz two-pole catenary Switzerland Rheinecker connecting railway 0.816 1909 1958
    550 V 40 Hz two-pole catenary Switzerland Gornergratbahn (1898–1930), Riffelalptram (1899–1960) 9.34 1898 1960
    650 V 40 Hz two-pole catenary Switzerland Jungfrau Railway (originally specified as 500 V 38 Hz, from 1960 650 V 50 Hz) 9.3 1964
    725 V 50 Hz two-pole catenary Switzerland Gornergratbahn 9.34 1930
    750 V 33 Hz two-pole catenary Switzerland Stansstad-Engelberg-Bahn (up to 850 V) 1898 1964
    750 V 40 Hz two-pole catenary Switzerland Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn , from 1919 also Hasle-Rüegsau-Langnau 1899 1933
    750 V 50 Hz two-pole catenary Switzerland Brunnen-Morschach Railway 2.0 1905 1969
    800 V 60 Hz two-pole catenary Brazil Corcovado mountain railway 3.824 1910
    1125 V 50 Hz two-pole catenary Switzerland Jungfrau Railway 9.3 1964
    3,000 V 50 Hz two-pole catenary France Chemin de Fer de la Rhune 4.2 1924
    3,000 V 16 ⅔ Hz two-pole catenary Switzerland Brig – Iselle ,extended to Sion in1919(up to 3300 V) 22.7 1906 1930
    3,600 V 16 ⅔ Hz two-pole catenary Italy Routes in Northern Italy 1912 1976
    5,500 V 25 Hz two-pole catenary Spain Almería – Gérgal railway line 1911 1986
    6,600 V 25 Hz two-pole catenary United States Great Northern Railway : Wenatchee to Skykomish route through the old Cascade Tunnel 1909 1927
    10,000 V 50 Hz two-pole catenary Italy Route in the outskirts of Rome 1930 1945

    Three-pole catenary

    tension frequency Supply line country route Length
    km     		from to
    3,000 V 50 Hz three-pole catenary Germany Gruhlwerk opencast cog railway 0.7 1927 1949
    10,000 V 50 Hz three-pole catenary (side) Germany Three-phase test track Groß-Lichterfelde – Zehlendorf 1.8 1898 1901
    15,000 V 50 Hz three-pole catenary (side) Germany Royal Prussian Military Railway Zossen – Marienfelde 23.4 1901 1904
    50 Hz three-pole catenary (side) Russia Krasnoyarsk boat lift 1.5 1976

    Four-pole busbar

    tension frequency Supply line country route Length
    km     		from to
    400 V 50 Hz four-pole busbar (in the guideway box) As a general rule H-Bahn
    400 V 50 Hz four-pole busbar (in the guideway box) Germany Dortmund H-Bahn 3.162 1984
    400 V 50 Hz four-pole busbar (in the guideway box) Germany SkyTrain Düsseldorf 2.5 2002

    Other special designs

    Direct current, two busbars

    • London Underground : one power rail with +420 V next to the runways, the second with −210 V between the runways
    • 750 V direct current, Metropolitana di Milano (line M1; lines M2 and M3 run with overhead lines and 1500 V direct current)

    Power supply via rails

    • Ungererbahn (1886–1895)
    • Transportable children's railways at folk festivals (depending on the system, power is supplied with 12 or 24 volts direct current or 38 volts alternating current, mostly via the rails. Today, children's railways are probably the only passenger-carrying railways that are supplied with electricity via the rails).

    See also

    literature

    • Hartmut Biesenack, Gerhard George, Gerhard Hofmann: Energy supply for electric railways , Vieweg + Teubner publishing house, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3-519-06249-3 .
    • Orenstein and Koppel (editors), Catalog Electrical Industrial Railways , Berlin 1901.

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ See English Wikipedia article en: Railway electrification system or the relevant standards BS EN 50163 and IEC 60850 mentioned there
    2. ↑ Article from Scientific American dated July 12, 1897, accessed November 14, 2010, A Brief History Lines West Of The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co. By Philip C. Blakeslee (1952) , accessed November 14, 2010
    3. ↑ L'essentiel: No trains from Arlon to Luxembourg for two months . In: L'essentiel in German . ( lessentiel.lu [accessed November 19, 2018]).
    4. ^ History of the first state railway in Bavaria, "Electrification" ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kbs820.de
    5. ↑ Bahnbetriebswerk Freilassing  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 11.4 MB)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / flr.luciaclemens.de  
    6. ↑ Eisenbahnen-der-Welt, development of the electric railway operation
    7. ↑ bundesbahnzeit.de: Type differences between the 169 series , accessed on March 9, 2013
    8. ↑ bundesbahnzeit.de: Murnau - Oberammergau , accessed on March 9, 2013
    9. ↑ KBS 963 - The Ammergaubahn ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mittenwaldbahn.de
    10. ↑ VDI Nachrichten 07.01.2005 ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schule.de
    11. ^ Website of the DB Museum Nuremberg
    12. ↑ Georg Schwach, overhead lines for alternating current in Germany, Bern 1989, page 472, electrification data with the note "Clearly documented by RR Rossberg, Die Lokalbahn Murnau - Oberammergau, Stuttgart 1970" (PDF; 1.5 MB)
    13. ↑ TU Dresden, Historical Development of Electric Train Support ( Memento of the original from February 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tu-dresden.de
    14. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m In 1995 the nominal frequency was increased from 16 ⅔ Hz to 16.7 Hz in Germany (central network), Austria and Switzerland in order to avoid excessive heating of asynchronous converters between industrial and to avoid the railway network at the target frequency. (see traction current ).
    15. ↑ The frequency corresponds to half of the 50 Hz system that was also used in the USA until around 1938.
    16. ↑ See en: Northeast Corridor and en: Amtrak's 25 Hz Traction Power System : 11 kV / 25 Hz operation from New York (Woodlawn) to Stamford since 1907, to New Haven since 1914; Gradual electrification of the section south of New York, commissioning from 1915 to 1935
    17. ↑ The voltage corresponds to half of 25 kV.
    18. ↑ except for Chemin de fer de l'État de Genève (until 2013 25,000 V 50 Hz), railway line Genève – La Plaine (until 2014 1500 V  = , since then 25,000 V 50 Hz), line Etzwilen – Singen (not electrified), Kriens- Lucerne Railway (600 V = until 1968  , then diesel operation in 2012), Orbe-Chavornay Railway (750 V  = ), Rigi Railway (1500 V  = , with cogwheel), Lausanne city railway (750 V  = ) and Uetlibergbahn (1200 V  = )