conductor rail, usually a third rail to one side of the running rails. Conductor rail can be:
top contact: oldest, least safe, most affected by ice, snow, rain and leaves. Protection boards are installed on most top contact systems, which increases safety and reduces these affections.
side contact: newer, safer, less affected by ice, snow, rain and leaves
bottom contact: newest, safest, least affected by ice, snow, rain and leaves
Construction railway for the regulation works of the river Rhine near its outfall into Lake Constance, now preserved. The river forms the border between Austria and Switzerland, and the railway operated in both countries.
Forchbahn proper only; Forchbahn trains access their Zürich terminus via the Zürich tram network, which is electrified at 600 V DC. The rolling stock is equipped to run off both voltages.
Incl. Deux-Montagnes line that was built by CNoR in 1918 as 2400 V DC, converted to 3000 V DC in the 1980s, converted to 25 kV 60 Hz in 1995 by ARTM, being converted to light-metro standard and 1500 V DC
Except Wairarapa Line beyond Upper Hutt. Since 2011, the nominal voltage was 1600 V but with the same tolerances as 1500 V (i.e. 1300–1800 V), making it backwards-compatible with 1500 V rolling stock. Since May 2016 the operating voltage was increased to 1700 V DC following the full introduction of the Matangi EMUs.
Northern part of network only (approx. the Děčín – Praha – Ostrava route). The system change stations are Kadaň-Prunéřov, Beroun, Benešov u Prahy, Kutná Hora hl.n., Svitavy, Nezamyslice, Nedakonice. The southern part uses 25 kV 50 Hz (see below). The 3 kV system is to be phased out in favour of 25 kV AC.[10]
New electrification use only 25 kV AC (see below), except Moscow Central Circle and other interconnection lines in Moscow, and 2 interconnection lines (Veymarn line and Kamennogorsk line) in St. Petersburg. Sverdlovsk railway and West Siberian railway to be converted to 25 kV AC.
Northern main line (connected to Czech Republic and Poland) and eastern lines (around Košice and Prešov), conversion to 25 kV AC planned,[10] and the broad gauge line between Košice and the Ukraine border (it will remain 3 kV until new broad gauge line construction, then convert to 25 kV AC), planned new broad gauge line is supposed to use 25 kV AC. Currently, the part north and east of the station Púchov uses 3 kV DC, the rest uses 25 kV 50 Hz (see below).
Southern lines only (linking Karlovy Vary – Cheb – Plzeň – České Budějovice – Tábor – Jihlava – Brno – Břeclav – Slovakia), northern lines use 3 kV DC (see above)
Gudogai (BCh) route for Vilnius – Minsk (Belarus) services is established on 2017. Further Kaunas – Klaipeda and Kaunas – Kybartai corridors electrification will follow projects.
A section from the border to Hrubieszów will be electrified in conjunction with the electrification of the connecting border – Izov – Kovel line in Ukraine.[19] The reminder sections will follow.
Converted in 1978 from Pennsylvania Railroad11 kV 25 Hz system to the 12.5 kV 25 Hz on the Rahway-Matawan ROW and 12.5 kV 60 Hz electrification extended to Long Branch in 1988. The Matawan-Long Branch voltage converted from 12.5 kV 60 Hz system to the 25 kV 60 Hz in 2002.
Conductor rail systems have been separated into tables based on whether they are top, side or bottom contact. Used by most metros outside Asia and the former Eastern bloc.
Bernina line only; remainder of system electrified at 11 kV AC, 16 2⁄3 Hz. The Bernina line is an international line linking Switzerland (St. Moritz) with Italy (Tirano)
Since 1940. Used both third rail DC (1200 V) and overhead line AC (6.3 kV 25 Hz) until 1955. Also uses German standard 15 kV AC 16 2/3 Hz overhead electrification on the section between Neugraben and Stade on line S3, opened in December 2007.
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Electrification systems, track gauges and electrified track lengths in selected countries (in German)
Map of European voltage systems
Southern Electric, England—details of 3rd rail electrification
December 28, 2022
list, railway, electrification, systems, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, verifiable, maintains, consistent, citation, style, several, templa. This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as Reflinks documentation reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message This is a list of the power supply systems that are or have been used for tramway and railway electrification systems Note that the voltages are nominal and vary depending on load and distance from the substation Many modern trams and trains use on board solid state electronics to convert these supplies to run three phase AC traction motors Tram electrification systems are listed here Contents 1 Key to the tables below 2 Systems using standard voltages 2 1 Overhead systems 2 1 1 600 V DC 2 1 2 750 V DC 2 1 3 1200 V DC 2 1 4 1500 V DC 2 1 5 3 kV DC 2 1 6 15 kV AC 16 2 3 Hz 16 7 Hz 2 1 7 25 kV AC 50 Hz 2 1 8 25 kV AC 60 Hz 2 2 Conductor rail systems 2 2 1 600 V DC conductor 2 2 2 750 V DC conductor 2 2 2 1 Bottom contact 2 2 2 2 Side contact 2 2 2 3 Top contact 2 2 2 4 Mixed 2 2 3 1200 V DC conductor 2 2 4 1500 V DC conductor 3 Systems using non standard voltages 3 1 Overhead systems 3 1 1 DC voltage 3 1 2 AC voltage 3 1 3 Three phase AC voltage 3 1 3 1 Two wires 3 1 3 2 Three wires 3 2 Conductor rail systems DC voltage 3 2 1 Top contact systems 3 2 2 Side contact systems 3 2 3 Bottom contact systems 3 3 Conductor rail systems AC voltage 4 Special or unusual types 4 1 DC plough collection from conductors in conduit below track 4 2 DC one ground level conductor 4 3 DC two wire 4 4 DC power from running rails 4 5 DC four rail 5 See also 6 Footnotes 7 References 8 External linksKey to the tables below EditVolts voltage or volt Current DC direct current Hz frequency in hertz alternating current AC AC supplies are usually single phase 1O except where marked three phase 3O Conductors overhead line or conductor rail usually a third rail to one side of the running rails Conductor rail can be top contact oldest least safe most affected by ice snow rain and leaves Protection boards are installed on most top contact systems which increases safety and reduces these affections side contact newer safer less affected by ice snow rain and leaves bottom contact newest safest least affected by ice snow rain and leavesSystems using standard voltages EditSee also Railway electrification system Voltage See also List of tram systems by gauge and electrification Voltages are defined by two standards BS EN 50163 1 and IEC 60850 2 Overhead systems Edit 600 V DC Edit Country Location Name of system NotesWorldwide Many tram systems This voltage is mostly used by older tram systems worldwide but by a few modern ones as well See List of tram systems by gauge and electrification Germany Trossingen Trossingen Railway Hungary Budapest Budapest Metro Line M1 Japan Chōshi Chiba Chōshi Electric RailwayKyoto Kyoto Eizan Electric RailwayKanagawa Enoshima Electric RailwayMatsuyama Ehime Iyotetsu Takahama LineShizuoka Shizuoka Shizuoka Railway Romania Sibiu county Sibiu Răsinari Narrow Gauge Railway Part of the former Sibiu tram line Spain Madrid Madrid Metro lines 1 4 5 6 and 9 In process to be converted to 1500 V United Kingdom Crich England National Tramway Museum United States Boston Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green and Mattapan Lines the at grade section of Blue Line northeast of Airport stationCleveland RTA Rapid Transit Red line heavy rail750 V DC Edit Country Location Name of system NotesWorldwide Many tram systems This voltage is used for most modern tram and light rail systems See List of tram systems by gauge and electrification Austria Upper Austria Local lines of Stern amp Hafferl Also listed as having 1500 V and 600 V lines Austria Switzerland Rhine Lake Constance Internationale Rheinregulierungsbahn Construction railway for the regulation works of the river Rhine near its outfall into Lake Constance now preserved The river forms the border between Austria and Switzerland and the railway operated in both countries Germany Karlsruhe to Bad Herrenalb with a branch to Ittersbach Albtalbahn Railway of the Upper Rhine Hong Kong Hong Kong MTR MTR Light Rail Italy Genoa Genoa Metro Japan Hamamatsu Shizuoka Enshu RailwayHakone Kanagawa Hakone Tozan Railway Line Between Hakone Yumoto and GōraEhime Iyotetsu Yokogawara Line and Gunchu LineYokkaichi Mie Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line Hachiōji LineMie Sangi Railway Hokusei Line Mexico Mexico City STC Line A Netherlands The Hague Zoetermeer Rotterdam and adjacent cities RandstadrailRotterdam Rotterdam Metro North of Capelsebrug station overhead wires Philippines Metro Manila Manila LRT Line 1 Manila Light Rail Transit System Between Baclaran and RooseveltManila MRT Line 3 Manila Metro Rail Transit System Between North Avenue and Taft Avenue Switzerland Canton of Aargau Menziken Aarau Schoftland railway line Republic of China Taiwan New Taipei New Taipei Metro all Light Rail lines Turkey Adana Adana MetroIstanbul Istanbul Metro Line M11200 V DC Edit Country Location Name of system Notes Cuba Havana Matanzas and branches Ferrocarriles Nacionales de Cuba Originally and still known as the Hershey Electric Railway Germany Lusatia 900 mm 2 ft 11 7 16 in gauge mining railways in the lignite district Spain Barcelona Catalonia Barcelona Metro Uses an overhead conductor rail beam systemPalma Soller Majorca Soller Railway 3 Switzerland Canton of Bern canton of Solothurn Aare Seeland mobil ASm 4 5 Dietikon canton of Zurich Wohlen canton of Aargau Bremgarten Dietikon BahnZurich Esslingen canton of Zurich Forchbahn Forchbahn proper only Forchbahn trains access their Zurich terminus via the Zurich tram network which is electrified at 600 V DC The rolling stock is equipped to run off both voltages Frauenfeld canton of Thurgau Wil canton of St Gallen Frauenfeld Wil BahnMeiringen Innertkirchen canton of Bern Meiringen Innertkirchen Bahn United States Los Angeles Inland Empire California Pacific Electric Upland San Bernardino 600 V in city limitsThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items January 2015 1500 V DC Edit Country Location Name of system Notes Argentina Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Metro Lines A C D E and HTren de la Costa Suburban line Australia Melbourne Melbourne Suburban RailwaysSydney Sydney TrainsSydney Metro Except Western Sydney Airport line which will use 25 kV 50 Hz AC 6 Brazil Sao Paulo Sao Paulo Metro Lines 4 and 5 Bulgaria Sofia Sofia Metro Line 3 Gorna Banya Hadzhi Dimitar Canada Montreal Reseau express metropolitain Incl Deux Montagnes line that was built by CNoR in 1918 as 2400 V DC converted to 3000 V DC in the 1980s converted to 25 kV 60 Hz in 1995 by ARTM being converted to light metro standard and 1500 V DCOttawa O Train Confederation Line only the Trillium Line is diesel LRT China Beijing Beijing Subway Lines 6 14 and 16Changchun Changchun Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2Changsha Changsha MetroChangzhou Changzhou MetroChengdu Chengdu Metro Except lines 17 18 and 19Chongqing Chongqing Rail Transit Lines 1 4 5 6 10 and Loop LineDalian Dalian MetroDongguan Dongguan Rail TransitFushun Fushun Electric RailwayFuzhou Fuzhou MetroGuangzhou Guangzhou Metro Except Lines 4 5 6 14 and 21 but overhead wires installed in depots Guiyang Guiyang MetroHangzhou Hangzhou MetroHarbin Harbin MetroHefei Hefei MetroHohhot Hohhot MetroJinan Jinan MetroLanzhou Lanzhou MetroNanchang Nanchang MetroNanjing Nanjing MetroNanning Nanning MetroNingbo Ningbo Rail Transit Line 4 uses third rail for returning currentShanghai Shanghai Metro Except Lines 16 and 17 but overhead wires installed in the depot for line 16 Shenyang Shenyang MetroShenzhen Shenzhen Metro Except Lines 3 and 6 but overhead wires installed in the depot for line 6 Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang MetroSuzhou Suzhou MetroTianjin Tianjin Metro Lines 5 6 and 9 onlyUrumqi Urumqi MetroWuhan Wuhan Metro Line 6 onlyXi an Xi an MetroXiamen Xiamen MetroXuzhou Xuzhou MetroZhengzhou Zhengzhou Metro Colombia Medellin Medellin Metro Lines A and B Czech Republic Tabor Bechyne Sprava zeleznic Tabor Bechyne line only 24 km built in 1903 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Metro Egypt Cairo Cairo Metro Line 1 7 8 France Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer SNCF 25 kV AC used on new high speed lines TGV and in the north see below Hong Kong Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway Except East Rail line and Tuen Ma line which use 25 kV 50 Hz AC see below and the light rail which uses 750 V DC Hungary Budapest Budapest Cog wheel Railway Converted from 550 V DC city trams nominal voltage at that time during the 1973 reconstruction Indonesia Jakarta KRL Jabodetabek Jakarta MRTYogyakarta Solo KRL Commuterline Yogyakarta Solo Ireland Dublin Dublin Area Rapid Transit Italy Rome Rome Metro Line A Line B Line Roma Ostia Lido Japan Japan Railways JR lines Most electrified lines in Kantō Chubu Kansai Chugoku and Shikoku except Shinkansen and Hokuriku region Most private railway lines See Railway electrification in Japan for more details including excpetionsMost subway lines South Korea Seoul National Capital Area Seoul Subway Except Korail Subway Line except Line 3 see below Busan Busan SubwayDaegu Daegu SubwayDaejeon Daejeon SubwayGwangju Gwangju SubwayIncheon Incheon Subway Line 1 Mexico Mexico City STC Line 12Monterrey Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metrorrey Netherlands Nederlandse Spoorwegen Dutch Railways NS 25 kV AC used on high speed lines and freight line Betuweroute see below The existing 1500V DC lines will be converted to 3kV DC New Zealand Wellington Wellington suburban Except Wairarapa Line beyond Upper Hutt Since 2011 the nominal voltage was 1600 V but with the same tolerances as 1500 V i e 1300 1800 V making it backwards compatible with 1500 V rolling stock Since May 2016 the operating voltage was increased to 1700 V DC following the full introduction of the Matangi EMUs Philippines Metro Manila Manila MRT Makati Intra city Subway Line 5 and Metro Manila Subway Line 9 only Line 7 uses 750 V DC third rail Metro ManilaRizal Manila LRT Line 2 only Line 1 uses 750 V DC Metro ManilaCentral LuzonLaguna Philippine National Railways North South Commuter Railway Portugal Lisbon Oeiras and Cascais Linha de Cascais To be converted to 25kV AC 9 Singapore Singapore Mass Rapid Transit North East Line operated by SBS Transit Slovakia Tatra Mountains in the area of Poprad Tatra Electric Railway Spain Catalonia Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de CatalunyaMadrid ADIF Only Cercedilla Cotos lineMallorca Serveis Ferroviaris de MallorcaNorth coast Asturias Leon Cantabria Basque Country FEVEBasque Country Euskotren TrenaValencian Community Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana Sweden Stockholm Roslagsbanan Switzerland Aigle Leysin canton of Vaud Chemin de fer Aigle Leysin AL Aigle Vaud Champery canton of Valais Chemin de fer Aigle Ollon Monthey Champery AOMC Aigle Les Diablerets canton of Vaud Chemin de fer Aigle Sepey Diablerets ASD Interlaken Lauterbrunnen Grindelwald canton of Bern Berner Oberland Bahn BOB Canton of Jura Chemins de fer du Jura CJ Metre gauge lines onlyLausanne Bercher canton of Vaud Chemin de fer Lausanne Echallens Bercher LEB Nyon La Cure canton of Vaud Chemin de fer Nyon St Cergue Morez NStCNM Converted in the 1980s from 2200 V DCVitznau Goldau Rigi Rigi Bahnen VRB ARB Wilderswil Schynige Platte canton of Bern Schynige Platte Bahn SPB Liestal Waldenburg canton of Basel Country Waldenburgerbahn WB Lauterbrunnen Grindelwald canton of Bern Wengernalpbahn WAB Turkey Bursa BursarayIstanbul Istanbul Metro Except lines M1 M2 and M6 United Kingdom Newcastle Sunderland Gateshead and Tyneside Tyne amp Wear Metro Light rail United States Chicago Metra Electric DistrictMaryland Purple Line Light rail under constructionNorthern Indiana amp Chicago South Shore LineSeattle Central Link Light rail3 kV DC Edit Country Location Name of system Note Belgium Belgium National Railways SNCB National standard 25 kV AC used on high speed lines and some lines in the south see below Brazil Rio de Janeiro SuperVia Trens Urbanos Brazil Sao Paulo Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos Chile Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado Czech Republic Sprava zeleznic Northern part of network only approx the Decin Praha Ostrava route The system change stations are Kadan Prunerov Beroun Benesov u Prahy Kutna Hora hl n Svitavy Nezamyslice Nedakonice The southern part uses 25 kV 50 Hz see below The 3 kV system is to be phased out in favour of 25 kV AC 10 Estonia Tallinn Elron Commuter rail only Georgia Georgian Railways In fact 3 300 V Italy Rete Ferroviaria Italiana 25 kV AC used on new high speed lines see below North Korea Korean State Railway National standard Latvia Latvian Railways Commuter rail only to be converted to 25 kV AC in order to connecting to Russia Belarus and Lithuania Morocco ONCF National standard Netherlands ProRail Planned Poland Polish State Railways National standard Broad gauge lines will use 25 kV AC 11 Warsaw and suburbs Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa 600 V DC until 27 May 2016 Russia Russian Railways New electrification use only 25 kV AC see below except Moscow Central Circle and other interconnection lines in Moscow and 2 interconnection lines Veymarn line and Kamennogorsk line in St Petersburg Sverdlovsk railway and West Siberian railway to be converted to 25 kV AC Slovakia Slovak Republic Railways ZSR Northern main line connected to Czech Republic and Poland and eastern lines around Kosice and Presov conversion to 25 kV AC planned 10 and the broad gauge line between Kosice and the Ukraine border it will remain 3 kV until new broad gauge line construction then convert to 25 kV AC planned new broad gauge line is supposed to use 25 kV AC Currently the part north and east of the station Puchov uses 3 kV DC the rest uses 25 kV 50 Hz see below Slovenia Slovenian Railways National standard South Africa Transnet Freight Rail Metrorail National standard also 25 kV AC see below and 50 kV AC used Spain Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias 25 kV AC used on high speed lines AVE see below Ukraine Ukrainian Railways In east Donetsk industrial zone in west west from L viv connecting to Slovakia and Poland to be converted to 25 kV AC 12 see below 15 kV AC 16 2 3 Hz 16 7 Hz Edit Main article 15 kV AC railway electrification Country Location Name of system Notes Austria OBB National standard Planned new high speed lines will near the border use 25 kV AC Innsbruck Italy and broad gauge to Ukraine Czech Republic Znojmo Retz Sprava zeleznic Isolated section near border with Austria Germany Deutsche Bahn German National Railways DB National standard Norway Norwegian National Rail Administration Sweden Swedish Transport Administration Switzerland Canton of Bern BLSCentral Switzerland and Bernese Highlands ZentralbahnCanton of Vaud Chemin de fer Biere Apples Morges BAM Canton of Zurich Sihltal Zurich Uetliberg BahnSwiss Federal Railways25 kV AC 50 Hz Edit Main article 25 kV AC railway electrification Country Location Name of system Notes Argentina Buenos Aires Roca Line Constitucion EzeizaConstitucion Alejandro KornConstitucion BosquesConstitucion La Plata Australia Brisbane North Coast line Blackwater and Goonyella coal railways Queensland RailPerth TransperthAdelaide Adelaide Metro Seaford Flinders and Gawler lines electrifiedSydney Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport line only 6 Belarus National standard Belgium Belgium National Railways NMBS SNCB High speed lines and some other lines The rest of the network is 3 kV DC see above Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Proposed line to Namibia Bulgaria Bulgarian State Railways China China Railway National standardBeijing Beijing Subway Daxing Airport Line onlyChengdu Chengdu Metro Lines 17 18 and 19 onlyWenzhou Wenzhou Rail Transit Croatia Croatian Railways Lines Zagreb Rijeka and Rijeka Sapjane formerly used 3kv DC traction Czech Republic Sprava zeleznic Southern lines only linking Karlovy Vary Cheb Plzen Ceske Budejovice Tabor Jihlava Brno Breclav Slovakia northern lines use 3 kV DC see above Denmark Banedanmark National standard excluding Copenhagen S train Djibouti Addis Ababa Djibouti Railway Ethiopian Railway Corporation Ethiopia Addis Ababa Djibouti Railway Ethiopian Railway Corporation Finland National standard France North and new lines SNCF A number of lines also electrified with 1 5 kV see above Germany Harz Rubelandbahn Greece Hellenic Railways Organisation National standard Hong Kong Kowloon New Territories MTR East Rail and Tuen Ma lines Hungary Hungarian State Railways and Raaberbahn India Indian Railways Entire IR network uses the current system since 2016 Mumbai Mumbai Suburban Railway Conversion from 1 5 kV DC to the current system was completed in 2012 for Western line 13 and 2016 for Central line 14 15 16 respectivelyMumbai Mumbai Metro Line 1 Chennai Madras Chennai MetroDelhi Delhi MetroHyderabad Hyderabad MetroPune Pune MetroNagpur Nagpur MetroJaipur Jaipur MetroLucknow Lucknow Metro Iran Planned Israel Israel Railways Construction contract awarded in December 2015 17 Initial test runs began December 2017 Italy Rete Ferroviaria Italiana Italian Railways Network New high speed lines only other lines use 3 kV DC see above Japan Kantō northeast of Tokyo Tōhoku and Hokkaido regions JR East Tohoku Shinkansen Joetsu Shinkansen and Hokuriku Shinkansen sections between Tokyo Karuizawa and between Jōetsumyōkō Itoigawa JR Hokkaido Hokkaido Shinkansen 25 kV AC 60 Hz in some areas see below Kazakhstan Laos Boten Vientiane railway Latvia Latvian Railways Eastern lines only planned Lithuania Kena Kaunas and Lentvaris Trakai Lithuanian Railways LG Electrification of Naujoji Vilnia Kena Gudogai BCh route for Vilnius Minsk Belarus services is established on 2017 Further Kaunas Klaipeda and Kaunas Kybartai corridors electrification will follow projects Luxembourg Chemins de fer luxembourgeois CFL National standard Malaysia Padang Besar KL Sentral Gemas KTM ETS run through West Coast railway line Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad Under construction Hat Yai in Thailand Padang Besar to be opened by 2020 and Gemas Johor Bahru to be opened by 2022 Bukit Mertajam Padang Regas and Butterworth Padang Besar KTM Komuter Northern Sector Keretapi Tanah Melayu BerhadBatu Caves Pulau Sebang Tampin Tanjung Malim Port Klang and KL Sentral Terminal Skypark KTM Komuter Central Sector Seremban Line Port Klang Line and Skypark Link Keretapi Tanah Melayu BerhadKL Sentral KLIA2 Express Rail Link KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit Montenegro Belgrade Bar railway and Niksic Podgorica railway Railways of Montenegro Morocco Kenitra Tangier high speed rail line ONCF Casablanca Kenitra section of high speed rail remains at 3 kV DC 18 Namibia Proposed line to Botswana Netherlands HSL Zuid high speed line and Betuweroute freight line Nederlandse Spoorwegen 1 5 kV DC used on the rest of the network see above New Zealand Auckland Auckland suburban 77 km between Swanson and Papakura first service 28 April 2014Central North Island North Island Main Trunk 411 km between Palmerston North and Hamilton North Macedonia Makedonski Zeleznici Poland Hrubieszow Broad Gauge Metallurgy Line LHS A section from the border to Hrubieszow will be electrified in conjunction with the electrification of the connecting border Izov Kovel line in Ukraine 19 The reminder sections will follow Portugal Portuguese Railways CP Except the Linha de Cascais 1500 V DC Romania Caile Ferate Romane Russia Russian Railways National standard used for new electrification some areas still use 3 kV DC see above Saudi Arabia Haramain High Speed Railway Saudi Railways Organization Renfe and Adif will operate the trains and manage the line until 2030 Serbia Serbian Railways Slovakia Slovak Republic Railways ZSR South western lines only around Bratislava Kuty Trencin Trnava Nove Zamky Zvolen and the rest of the network except narrow gauge lines currently 3 kV DC to follow see above South Africa Transnet Freight Rail Gautrain Also 3 kV DC see above and 50 kV 50 Hz used Spain ADIF Alta Velocidad High speed lines only other lines use 3 kV DC see above Thailand Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport Link Tunisia 20 Turkey Turkish State Railways TCDD National standard United Kingdom Network Rail Except Southern region and Merseyrail and Northern Ireland Ukraine Ukrainian Railways National standard in most of the west also 3 kV DC in the east see above Uzbekistan Zimbabwe Gweru Harare National Railways of Zimbabwe NRZ De energised in 2008 May be renewed in the future 21 25 kV AC 60 Hz Edit Main article 25 kV AC railway electrification Country Location Name of system Notes Japan Kantō west of Tokyo Chubu Kansai Chugoku and Kyushu regions Tōkaidō Sanyō ShinkansenHokuriku Shinkansen sections between Karuizawa Jōetsumyōkō and between Itoigawa Kanazawa Kyushu Shinkansen 25 kV AC 50 Hz in eastern Japan see above South Korea Korail All Korail freight passenger lines except Seoul subway Line 3 which is 1 5 kV DC see above Seoul Shinbundang lineIncheon Seoul A REX Mexico Greater Mexico City Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Mexico 22 State of Mexico Toluca Mexico City commuter rail Under construction Expected end of 2022Yucatan Peninsula Tren Maya Under construction About 40 of the route to be electrified 23 Republic of China Taiwan Taiwan Railways Administration National standardWestern Taiwan Taiwan High Speed Rail United States New Jersey Morris amp Essex Lines New Jersey Transit Former 3 000 V DC systemAberdeen Matawan to Long Branch New Jersey North Jersey Coast Line New Jersey Transit Converted in 1978 from Pennsylvania Railroad 11 kV 25 Hz system to the 12 5 kV 25 Hz on the Rahway Matawan ROW and 12 5 kV 60 Hz electrification extended to Long Branch in 1988 The Matawan Long Branch voltage converted from 12 5 kV 60 Hz system to the 25 kV 60 Hz in 2002 New York to Boston Northeast Corridor NEC Amtrak Electrified in 2000 see Amtrak s 60 Hz traction power systemDenver Denver RTD Opened in 2016 separate 750 V DC system for light railSan Francisco Peninsula Caltrain Under construction expected by 2024 see Electrification of CaltrainNew Mexico Navajo Mine RailroadTexas Texas Utilities Monticello amp Martin Lake see E25B and Internet reference 24 Conductor rail systems Edit 600 V DC conductor Edit All systems are third rail unless stated otherwise Used by some older metros Country Location Name of system Notes Argentina Buenos Aires Urquiza Line Federico Lacroze General Lemos Canada Toronto Toronto subway Only on subway lines Greece Athens EIS ISAP used between 1904 and 1985 Italy Turin Superga Rack Railway Japan Tokyo Tokyo Metro Ginza Line and Marunouchi LineNagoya Aichi Nagoya Municipal Subway Higashiyama Line and Meijō Line Sweden Stockholm Stockholm Metro 650 V Green and Red Lines United Kingdom Glasgow Glasgow Subway United States Boston Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Red and Orange Lines the subway part of the Blue Line southwest of Airport stationChicago Chicago L elevated and subway linesStaten Island Staten Island RailwayNew York City metro area PATHPhiladelphia Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Broad Street LineBay Lake Florida Walt Disney World Monorail System750 V DC conductor Edit Conductor rail systems have been separated into tables based on whether they are top side or bottom contact Used by most metros outside Asia and the former Eastern bloc Bottom contact Edit Country Location Name of system Notes Algeria Algiers Algiers Metro Austria Vienna Vienna U Bahn Brazil Sao Paulo Sao Paulo Metro Except Lines 4 and 5 China Beijing Beijing Subway Capital Airport Line onlyKunming Kunming Metro Except Line 4Tianjin Tianjin Metro Lines 2 and 3 onlyWuhan Wuhan Metro Lines 1 2 3 and 4 only Czech Republic Prague Prague Metro Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen Metro Egypt Cairo Cairo Metro Line 2 and Line 3 Finland Helsinki Helsinki Metro Germany Berlin Berlin U Bahn Lines from U5 to U9 large profile Negative polarity Hamburg Hamburg U BahnMunich Munich U BahnNuremberg Nuremberg U Bahn India Bangalore Namma MetroKochi Kochi MetroAhmedabad Ahmedabad MetroKanpur Kanpur MetroGurgaon Rapid Metro Gurgaon South Korea Busan Busan Gimhae Light Rail Transit Malaysia Klang Valley Klang Valley Integrated Transit System LRT Ampang and Sri Petaling lines MRT Kajang and Putrajaya lines and KL Monorail to be used on LRT Shah Alam Line Netherlands Amsterdam Amsterdam Metro including line 51 north of Station ZuidRotterdam Rotterdam Metro North of Capelsebrug station overhead wires Norway Oslo Oslo T bane Poland Warsaw Warsaw Metro Romania Bucharest Bucharest Metro Singapore Singapore Mass Rapid Transit North South line East West line Circle line and Thomson East Coast line operated by SMRT Trains Downtown line operated by SBS Transit Republic of China Taiwan Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Mass Rapid TransitTaipei Taipei MetroTaoyuan Taipei Taoyuan Metro Turkey Ankara Ankara MetroIstanbul Istanbul Metro Lines M2 and M6 onlyIzmir Izmir Metro United Kingdom London Docklands Light Railway United States New York City Metro North RailroadSide contact Edit Country Location Name of system Notes Canada Montreal Montreal Metro guide bars see DC four rail below China Shanghai Shanghai Metro Pujiang line Central guide rail for rubber tyred Bombardier Innovia APM 300 Chile Santiago Santiago Metro France Paris Paris Metro Rubber tired Positive and sometimes negative polarity on guide bars See DC four rail below Lyon Lyon MetroMarseille Marseille MetroLille Lille MetroRennes Rennes MetroToulouse Toulouse Metro Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International AirportAutomated People Mover APM Mitsubishi Crystal Mover system using two power rails positive and negative with side collection Indonesia Palembang Palembang Light Rail Transit Palembang Light Rail Transit and Greater Jakarta Light Rail Transit are operated by Kereta Api Indonesia Jakarta Light Rail Transit is operated by Jakarta Propertindo Jakpro Jakarta Jakarta Light Rail TransitGreater Jakarta Light Rail Transit Japan Sapporo Hokkaido Sapporo Municipal Subway Namboku Line Singapore Singapore Light Rail Transit Sengkang LRT Line and Punggol LRT Line operated by SBS TransitSingapore Sentosa Express Sentosa Express operated by SDC Malaysia Klang Valley Klang Valley Integrated Transit System LRT Kelana Jaya line Innovia Metro system using two power rails positive and negative with side collection United States Las Vegas Las Vegas MonorailTop contact Edit Country Location Name of system Notes Canada Vancouver Vancouver SkyTrain Canada Line only China Beijing Beijing Subway Capital Airport Line use bottom contactTianjin Tianjin Metro Line 1 only France Paris Paris Metro Conventional metro Germany Berlin Berlin U Bahn Lines from U1 to U4 small profile Greece Athens Athens Metro Line 1 was 600 V before 1985 Hungary Budapest Budapest Metro Except line M1 which is 600 V DC with overhead lines India Kolkata Kolkata Metro Japan Osaka Osaka Osaka Metro Except the Sakaisuji Line Nagahori Tsurumi ryokuchi Line and the Imazatosuji Line which are 1 500 V DC with overhead lines Suita OsakaToyonaka Osaka Kita Osaka Kyuko RailwayHigashiosaka OsakaIkoma NaraNara Nara Kintetsu Keihanna LineYokohama Kanagawa Yokohama Municipal Subway Blue Line Line 1 and Line 3 only North Korea Pyongyang Pyongyang Metro based on fleet of cars from Beijing and Germany South Korea Yongin Everline Portugal Lisbon Lisbon Metro Puerto Rico San Juan Tren Urbano Sweden Stockholm Stockholm Metro Nominal voltage 650 V subway 3 blue line 750 V Subway 1 and 2 will change in the long term to 750 V United Kingdom Liverpool MerseyrailLondon Northern City Line access to City Moorgate London Suburban electrification of the LNWR Suburban Network formerly four rail out of Euston and Broad Street curtailed upgraded and standardisedSouthern England Southern Region of British Railways and successors 660 V system upgraded and expandedLondon England Waterloo and City line Upgraded by Railtrack to 750V prior to sale to London Underground United States Atlanta Georgia MARTALos Angeles California Los Angeles Metro Rail B and D LinesMiami Florida MetrorailNew York City and Long IslandEast River Tunnels shared with Amtrak Long Island Rail Road Central Greenport and Oyster Bay branches not electrified Montauk Branch not electrified east of Babylon Port Jefferson Branch not electrified east of HuntingtonPhiladelphia PA PATCO SpeedlinePuerto Rico Tren UrbanoWashington D C Washington Metrowithin the Hudson and East River Tunnels as well as under ManhattanNortheast Corridor Amtrakwithin the Hudson Tunnel into Manhattan New Jersey TransitMixed Edit Type Country Location Name of system NotesSee note China Tianjin Tianjin Metro Top contact in Line 1 bottom contact in Lines 2 and 31200 V DC conductor Edit All systems are third rail and side contact unless stated otherwise Country Location Name of system Notes Germany Hamburg Hamburg S Bahn 15 kV 16 7 Hz AC with overhead line in part of network United Kingdom Manchester Bury Line Dismantled 1991 converted to Manchester Metrolink tramway 750 V DC overhead 1500 V DC conductor Edit All systems are third rail unless stated otherwise Type Country Location Name of system NotesBottom contact France Paris Paris Metro Line 18 Currently under constructionToulouse Line C Toulouse Metro fr Currently under constructionSide contact Chambery Modane Culoz Modane railway used between 1925 and 1976 today overhead wireBottom contact China Beijing Beijing Subway Line 7 onlyGuangzhou Guangzhou Metro Lines 4 5 6 14 and 21 only Overhead wires in depots all trains are equipped with pantographsKunming Kunming Metro Line 4 onlyQingdao Qingdao MetroShanghai Shanghai Metro Lines 16 and 17 only Overhead wires in depot of Line 16 all trains on Line 16 have pantographs for depot use Shenzhen Shenzhen Metro Lines 3 and 6 only Overhead wires in depot of Line 6 all trains on Line 6 have pantographs for depot use Wuhan Wuhan Metro Lines 7 8 11 and Yangluo Line onlyWuxi Wuxi MetroSystems using non standard voltages EditOverhead systems Edit DC voltage Edit Voltage Country Location Name of system Notes120 United Kingdom Seaton Devon Seaton Tramway Half scale trams Operated 1969 now Substations have battery banks for back up 250 United States Chicago Chicago Tunnel Company operated 1906 1959525 Switzerland Lauterbrunnen Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen Murren550 Hong Kong Hong Kong Island Hong Kong Tramways Isle of Man Isle of Man Manx Electric Railway including Snaefell Mountain Railway India Kolkata Trams in Kolkata United States Bakersfield California Bakersfield and Kern Electric Railway operated 1888 1942Fresno California Fresno Traction Company operated 1903 1939Phoenix Arizona Phoenix Street Railway operated 1888 1948 25 650 United States Buffalo New York Buffalo Metro RailEl Paso Texas El Paso StreetcarPittsburgh Pittsburgh Light Rail Switzerland Basel Basel Trams BVB BLT 700 Switzerland Bex Col de Bretaye Vaud Chemin de fer Bex Villars Bretaye730 United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia Suburban Transportation Company purchased by Philadelphia and Western Railroad in 1953 and converted to 600 VDC 26 800 Poland Tricity Szybka Kolej Miejska Tricity Operated 1951 1976 Converted to 3 000 V DC in 1976 825 United States Portland Oregon MAX TriMet Light rail sections west of NE 9th Avenue amp Holladay Street utilize a 750 V system850 Switzerland Capolago Monte Generoso Ticino Ferrovia Monte Generoso MG 900 Fribourg Gruyere Fribourg MoratVaud Montreux Oberland BernoisVevey Les Pleiades1 000 Italy Switzerland St Moritz canton of Graubunden Tirano Lombardy Rhatische Bahn RhB Bernina line only remainder of system electrified at 11 kV AC 16 2 3 Hz The Bernina line is an international line linking Switzerland St Moritz with Italy Tirano Hungary Budapest Budapest Commuter Rail and Rapid Transit BHEV 27 1 100 Argentina Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Metro Subterraneos de Buenos Aires Only Line A converted to 1 500 V DC with La Brugeoise trains replaced by new rolling stock in 2013 1 250 Switzerland Canton of Bern Regionalverkehr Bern Solothurn RBS All lines except tram line 6 between Bern and Worb which is electrified at 600 V DC 28 1 350 Italy Switzerland Domodossola Piedmont Locarno canton of Ticino Domodossola Locarno railway line FART SSIF de International railway between Italy Domodossola and Switzerland Locarno Switzerland Lugano Ponte Tresa canton of Ticino Ferrovia Lugano Ponte Tresa FLP 1 650 Denmark Copenhagen Copenhagen S train Suburban rail network in Copenhagen Italy Rome Rome Giardinetti railway Isolated Italian metre gauge line 2 400 Germany Lausitzer work line of the Lausitzer Braunkohle coal company Poland Konin Konin Coal Mine 29 Turek PAK KWB ADAMoW 29 mine closed in February 2021 the railway will be dismantled 30 France Grenoble Chemin de fer de La Mure 1 200 V 1 200 V two wire system from 1903 to 1950 2 400 V since 1950 31 United States Montana Butte Anaconda and Pacific Railway electrified 1913 1967 dismantled in favor of diesel power3 500 United Kingdom Manchester Bury Holcombe Brook operated 1913 19186 000 Russia experiments in the late 1970s 3 000 V DC lines AC voltage Edit Voltage Frequency Country Location Name of system Notes3 300 15 Hz United States Tulare County California Visalia Electric Railroad 1904 199225 Hz United States Napa and Solano Counties California San Francisco Napa and Calistoga Railway 1905 19375 500 16 2 3 Hz Germany Murnau Ammergau Railway 1905 1955 after 1955 15 kV 16 7 Hz6 250 50 Hz United Kingdom London Essex Herts Great Eastern suburban lines Great Eastern suburban lines from Liverpool Street London 1950s c1980 converted to 25 kV United Kingdom Glasgow Glasgow suburban lines Sections of the North Clyde Line and Cathcart Circle Line from 1960 1970s6 300 25 Hz Germany Hamburg Hamburg S Bahn Operated with AC 1907 1955 Used both AC and DC 1 200 V 3rd rail 1940 1955 6 500 25 Hz Austria Sankt Polten Mariazellerbahn6 600 Norway Orkdal Thamshavnbanen6 600 50 Hz Germany Cologne Lowland Hambachbahn and Nord Sud Bahn transports lignite from open pit mines to powerplants Owned by RWE 6 700 25 Hz United Kingdom Morecambe branch line Lancaster to Heysham 1908 1951Converted to 25 kV 50 Hz as a test bed for the future main line electrification systemSouth London line London Victoria to London Bridge 1909 1928Converted to 660 V later 750 V DC third rail supply8 kV 25 Hz Germany Karlsruhe Alb Valley Railway 1911 1966 today using 750 V DC10 kV Netherlands The Hague Rotterdam Hofpleinlijn from 1908 in 1926 converted to 1 500 DC In 2006 replaced by 750 V DC light rail10 kV 50 Hz Russia industrial railways at quarries Russian Railways operated from 1950s at coal and ore quarries Ukraine Ukrainian Railways Kazakhstan some private industrial railways in Kazakhstan11 kV 16 2 3 Hz Switzerland Graubunden Rhatische Bahn RhB Except the Bernina line which is electrified at 1 000 V DCMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn MGB formerly Furka Oberalp Bahn FO and BVZ Zermatt Bahn50 Hz France Saint Gervais les Bains Mont Blanc Tramway11 kV 25 Hz United States Pennsylvania Railroad Etc All lines now 12 kV 25 Hz or 12 5 kV 60 Hz See Railroad electrification in the United States United States Washington Cascade Tunnel Converted from three phase 6600 V 25 Hz in 1927 dismantled 1956 United States Colorado Denver and Intermountain Railroad dismantled c 1953 32 12 kV 16 2 3 Hz France lines in Pyrenees Chemin de fer du Midi most converted to 1 500 V 1922 23 Villefranche Perpignan diesel 1971 then 1 500 V 198412 kV 25 Hz United States Washington DC New York City Northeast Corridor NEC Amtrak 11 kV until 1978Harrisburg PA to Philadelphia PA Keystone Corridor Amtrak 11 kV until 1978Philadelphia SEPTA Regional Rail system only 11 kV until 197812 kV 25 Hz United States Rahway to Aberdeen Matawan New Jersey North Jersey Coast Line New Jersey Transit 1978 2002 11 kV until 1978 Converted to 25 kV 60 Hz12 5 kV 60 Hz United States Pelham NY New Haven CT New Haven Line Metro North Railroad Amtrak 11 kV until 198516 kV 50 Hz Hungary Budapest Hegyeshalom railway Budapest to Hegyeshalom Kando system 1931 1972 converted to 25 kV 50 Hz20 kV Germany Freiburg Hollentalbahn Operated 1933 1960 Converted to 15 kV 16 2 3 Hz France Aix les Bains La Roche sur Foron Societe Nationale des Chemins de fer SNCF Operated 1950 1953 Converted to 25 kV 50 Hz 20 kV 50 Hz Japan most electrified JR the third sector lines in Hokkaidō and Tōhoku JR East JR Hokkaidō and others60 Hz most electrified JR the third sector lines in Kyushu and Hokuriku region JR Kyushu and others50 kV 50 Hz South Africa Northern Cape Western Cape Sishen Saldanha railway line opened in 1976 and hauls iron ore60 Hz Canada British Columbia Tumbler Ridge Subdivision of BC Rail Now Canadian National Railway Opened in 1983 to serve a coal mine in the northern Rocky Mountains No longer in use United States Arizona Black Mesa and Lake Powell Railroad First line to use 50 kV electrification when it opened in 1973 This was an isolated coal hauling short line no longer in use 60 Hz United States Utah Deseret Power Railroad Formerly Deseret Western Railway This is an isolated coal hauling short line Three phase AC voltage Edit Main article Three phase AC railway electrification Two wires Edit Voltage Current Country Location Name of system Notes725 50 Hz 3O Switzerland Zermatt Gornergrat canton of Valais Gornergratbahn750 40 Hz 3O Burgdorf Thun Burgdorf Thun Bahn Operated 1899 1933converted to 15 kV 16 2 3 Hz in 1933900 60 Hz 3O Brazil Rio de Janeiro Corcovado Rack Railway1125 50 Hz 3O Switzerland Interlaken Jungfraubahn3600 15 Hz 3O Italy Northern Italy Valtellina Electrification 1902 191750 Hz 3O France Saint Jean de Luz to Larrun Chemin de Fer de la Rhune3600 16 Hz 3O Italy Switzerland Simplon Tunnel 1906 19303600 16 2 3 Hz 3O Italy operated 1912 1976 in Upper Italy more info needed Porrettana railway FS 1927 19353600 16 2 3 Hz 3O Italy Trento Trient to Brenner Brenner Railway 1929 19655200 25 Hz 3O Spain Almeria Gergal 1911 1966 6600 25 Hz 3O United States Cascade Tunnel Great Northern Railway U S 1909 192910 kV 45 Hz 3O Italy Roma Sulmona FS 1929 1944 33 Three wires Edit Voltage Current Country Location Name of system Notes3000 V 50 Hz Germany Kierberg Zahnradbahn Tagebau Gruhlwerk rack railway 0 7 km operated 1927 194910000 V Berlin Lichterfelde de test track 1 8 km variable voltage and frequency trial runs 1898 190114 kV See notes 38 Hz 48 Hz See notes Zossen Marienfelde test track 23 4 km trial runs 1901 1904variable voltage between 10 kV and 14 kV and frequency between 38 Hz and 48 Hz 50 Hz Russia Ship elevator of Krasnoyarsk Reservoir length 1 5 km 9000 mm gaugeConductor rail systems DC voltage Edit Conductor rail systems have been separated into tables based on whether they are top side or bottom contact Top contact systems Edit Voltage Type Country Location Name of system Notes50 See notes United Kingdom Brighton Volk s Electric Railway Volk s Railway prior to 1884 current fed through running rails 110 third rail Claims to be the world s oldest operational electric railway160 Volk s Railway between 1884 and 1980s100 fourth rail Beaulieu Beaulieu Monorail National Motor Museum Beaulieu Palace House current fed by 2 contact wires180 See notes Germany Berlin Lichterfelde Siemens streetcar Current fed through the running railsOperated 1881 1891200 third rail United Kingdom Southend Southend Pier Railway Until 1902 34 250 Hythe Hampshire Hythe Pier Railway United States Chicago Illinois Chicago Tunnel Company Morgan Rack1904 revenue service 1906 1908300 Georgia New Athos Cave Railway400 Germany Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden Salt Mine Railway440 United Kingdom London Post Office Railway Disused by post office since 2003 35 Now small section near Mount Pleasant operated as tourist attraction with battery powered stock 36 150 V was used in station areas to limit train speed550 Argentina Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Metro Subterraneos de Buenos Aires Only Line B625 United States New York City New York City Subway630 Philadelphia SEPTA Norristown High Speed Linefourth rail United Kingdom London London Underground Supplied at 420 V and 210 V 630 V total 650 See notes Euston to Watford DC Line Third rail with fourth rail bonded to running railTo enable London Underground trains to operate between Queen s Park and Harrow amp Wealdstone Similar bonding arrangements are used on the North London Line between Richmond and Gunnersbury and on the District Line between Putney Bridge and Wimbledon 660 third rail Southern Railway amp London amp South Western Railway some areas up to 1939 original standard mostly upgraded to 750 V except for sections that operate with LUL stock 700 United States Baltimore Maryland Baltimore Metro SubwayLink800 Germany Berlin Berlin S Bahn discontinued today 750 V825 North Korea Pyongyang Pyongyang Metro uses old 750 V Berlin U Bahn rolling stock1000 United States San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit 37 Side contact systems Edit All third rail unless otherwise stated Voltage Country Location Name of system Notes650 Canada Vancouver SkyTrain Expo Line 1985 and Millennium Line 2006 Linear induction 850 France Martigny Saint Gervais Vallorcine railway1200 Germany Hamburg Hamburg S Bahn Since 1940 Used both third rail DC 1200 V and overhead line AC 6 3 kV 25 Hz until 1955 Also uses German standard 15 kV AC 16 2 3 Hz overhead electrification on the section between Neugraben and Stade on line S3 opened in December 2007 Bottom contact systems Edit All third rail unless otherwise stated Voltage Country Location Name of system Notes700 United States New York Metro North Railroad Hudson and Harlem Lines southern part of New Haven Line Original New York Central Railroad electrification scheme to Grand Central Terminal Philadelphia SEPTA Market Frankford Line Originally 600 V raised to 700 V825 Bulgaria Sofia Sofia Metro Lines 1 and 2 Russia Moscow Moscow Metro Nominal voltage 825 V allowed range 550 V 975 V 38 Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg MetroKazan Kazan MetroNizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod MetroNovosibirsk Novosibirsk MetroSamara Samara MetroYekaterinburg Yekaterinburg Metro Ukraine Kyiv Kyiv Metro FSU underground systems share the same standard 39 Dnipro Dnipro MetroKharkiv Kharkiv Metro830 Argentina Buenos Aires Mitre Line Retiro Jose Leon SuarezRetiro Bartolome MitreRetiro TigreOnce Moreno Sarmiento Line850 France Villefranche Ligne de Cerdagne Often referred to as the Yellow Train Austria Vienna Wiener Lokalbahn900 Belgium Brussels Brussels MetroConductor rail systems AC voltage Edit Voltage Current Contact Country Location Name of system Notes500 50 Hz 1O bottom Australia Gold Coast Queensland Sea World Monorail Operated 1986 2021Oasis Shopping Centre Operated 1989 2017Sydney New South Wales Sydney Monorail Operated 1988 2013600 50 Hz 3O side China Guangzhou Guangzhou Metro APM Line Singapore LRT Bukit Panjang line 40 Japan Saitama New ShuttleTokyo Nippori Toneri LinerYurikamome60 Hz 3O Kobe Hyōgo Kobe New TransitOsaka Osaka Metro Nankō Port Town LineKansai International Airport Wing Shuttle Taiwan Taoyuan Taoyuan International Airport SkytrainSpecial or unusual types EditDC plough collection from conductors in conduit below track Edit Main article Conduit current collection London County Council Tramways later operated by London Transport streetcars in New York City Manhattan New York Washington D C streetcars Panama Canal locks ship handlers called mules DC one ground level conductor Edit Wolverhampton Corporation Tramways England stud contact 1902 1921 Bordeaux Tramway France conductor rail Sydney Light Rail tramway DC two wire Edit Greenwich England Previously used by trams when in the vicinity of Greenwich Observatory citation needed separate from trolleybus supply Cincinnati citation needed Ohio US Tram streetcar system used this arrangement throughout probably due to legal constraints on ground return currents citation needed Havana and Guanabacoa citation needed Cuba Tram streetcar systems in both cities used this arrangement Lisbon Portugal Elevador da Bica Elevador da Gloria and Elevador da Lavra citation needed DC power from running rails Edit Gross Lichterfelde Tramway 1881 1893 180 V Ungerer Tramway 1886 1895 transportable railways as a ride for childrenDC four rail Edit Voltage Type Contact system Name of system Location Country Notes750 guide bars lateral to both guide bars one guide connected to running rail Paris Metro Paris France rubber tyred lines onlyLateral positive and top of running rails negative contact Montreal Metro Montreal Canada rubber tyred linesMexico City Metro Mexico City Mexico rubber tyred linesThird and fourth rail lateral positive and top negative contact Milan Transportation System Milan Italy metro only line 1 Top contact London Underground London United Kingdom Transport for London 41 630See also EditThird rail Railway electrification system Railroad electrification in the United States Ground level power supply Conduit current collection Current collector Amtrak s 25 Hz traction power system List of tram systems by gauge and electrification Traction current pylonFootnotes Edit BS EN 50163 2007 IEC 60850 2007 Soller Website Archived from the original on 2006 04 20 Retrieved 2007 02 22 Schweers Wall 2012 p 11 Schweers Wall 2012 p 19 a b Chapter 7 Project description operation PDF Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport Retrieved 2021 10 25 Barrow Keith 14 March 2014 Cairo to order new trains for metro Line 1 International Railway Journal Simmons Boardman Publishing Inc Retrieved 23 January 2015 Cairo Metro Tender for New Rolling Stock MENA RAIL POST MENA RAIL POST 16 March 2014 Archived from the original on 23 January 2015 Retrieved 23 January 2015 2020 07 23T08 00 00 AC conversion planned in Cascais line upgrade Railway Gazette International Retrieved 2021 07 27 a b Vosman Quintus 4 January 2017 Czechs to switch to 25kV ac electrification International Railway Journal Michal Szymajda 17 January 2020 Szybka linia kolejowa Y przez CPK ma byc gotowa do 2030 roku High speed Y railway line through CPK should be completed by 2030 Rynek Lotniczy in Polish Retrieved 5 February 2020 Railway Gazette International April 2008 p 240 Western Railway sets stage for AC system Times of India Retrieved 10 April 2018 From May 5 faster Central Railway with AC power Times of India Retrieved 10 April 2018 Soon faster trains on Kalyan LTT route Times of India Retrieved 10 April 2018 Central Railway plans DC AC switch in May Times of India Retrieved 10 April 2018 Israel Railways awards USD 500m electrification contract to Spanish SEMI Think Railways Retrieved 17 January 2016 Africa s first high speed line inaugurated Railway Gazette International 16 November 2018 Retrieved 14 December 2018 Electrification to increase Ukraine Poland iron ore export capacity Railway Gazette International 8 May 2021 In conjunction with the UZ scheme Poland has agreed to electrify its 3 km section of the route from the border to Hrubieszow New 25kv electrification in Tunisia Railways Africa Kazunga Oliver 1 March 2018 Electrification of NRZ rail network set for 2nd phase The Chronicle Espacio del Viajero Conoce los Trenes in Spanish Mexico City Ferrocarriles Suburbanos Retrieved 24 May 2011 Alimentacion Vcc catenaria 25000 60 Hz Proyecto Tren Maya Electrificacion in Spanish Mexico Fonatur Retrieved 24 May 2011 TXU Monticello Line Trainweb org 1999 11 02 Retrieved 2013 04 22 McGraw Electric Railway List August 1918 Trade Investigation and Directory Department of the Electric Railway Journal 1918 Hilton George Woodman Due John Fitzgerald 2000 The Electric Interurban Railways in America Stanford University Press p 299 ISBN 9780804740142 Railway Technical Info Hungary www chiark greenend org uk Retrieved 10 April 2018 Schweers Wall 2012 p 66 a b http www locomotives com pl Electric 20Locomotives EL2 htm Na odkrywce Adamow wydobyto ostatnia tone wegla Kopalnia zakonczyla definitywnie dzialalnosc Last tonne of coal from Adamow pit Mine definitely closed Turek net pl in Polish 19 February 2021 ERS Presentation La Mure www railfaneurope net Retrieved 10 April 2018 National Register of Historic Places Registration Form PDF National Park Service Retrieved 22 September 2020 Cacozza Marco August 2016 Three Phase Electrification An Italian Story Today s Railways Europe 248 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help Southend Pier Railway Karslake Colin Unofficial MailRail Website Home www mailrail co uk Retrieved 10 April 2018 Mail Rail BART System Facts San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District Retrieved 2014 02 05 Rules of technical operation of undergrounds of the Russian Federation Pravila tehnicheskoj ekspluatacii metropolitenov Rossijskoj Federacii PDF in Russian International Metro Association Archived from the original PDF on 2013 10 10 Retrieved 2017 11 30 Structures devices and rolling stock of underground Sooruzheniya ustrojstva i podvizhnoj sostav metropolitena in Russian Archived from the original on 2017 09 19 Retrieved 2017 11 30 Japan Railway amp Transport 18 PDF p 28 Retrieved 18 March 2021 Tube Transport for London Transport for London Retrieved 2013 04 22 References EditBS EN 50163 2007 EN 50163 Railway applications Supply voltages of traction systems IET archived from the original on 2007 02 13 IEC 60850 2007 IEC 60850 Railway applications Supply voltages of traction systems 3rd ed Boddy M G Fry E V Hennigan W Hoole Ken Mallaband Peter Neve E Price J H Proud P Yeadon W B April 1990 Fry E V ed Locomotives of the L N E R part 10B Railcars and Electric Stock Lincoln RCTS ISBN 0 901115 66 5 Dixon Frank 1994 1973 The Manchester South 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