Traction Current Line - Areas With Traction Power Networks

Areas With Traction Power Networks

  • United Kingdom
  • Germany (except Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Saxony-Anhalt), total length 7959 km
  • Switzerland
  • Austria (separate traction power network for the Mariazeller Bahn)
  • Central Sweden
  • Southern Norway east of Oslo
  • USA (in New York and Washington DC area for railway lines running with single phase 25 Hz AC, see also Amtrak's 25 Hz traction power system)
  • South Africa
  • Melbourne, Australia (dedicated high voltage transmission wires between former Newport A Power Station and traction substations. However these lines are operated with three phase AC)


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