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
Red background indicates voltages no longer in use on the indicated location
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).
National standard. Planned new high speed lines will near the border use 25 kV AC: Innsbruck-Italy and broad gauge to Ukraine. Austrian national railways also operating small country Liechtenstein where is alson used 15 kV AC.
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.
Began construction in 2024, expected to be operational by 2027-28. First train to connect Las Vegas and Southern California since the Desert Wind ceased operations back in 1997. Will be the first dedicated high-speed rail route in the United States, though connection from Rancho Cucamonga to Los Angeles is not yet finalized for planning. Either would run on a new dedicated track or an electrified and upgraded portion of the route of the MetrolinkSan Bernardino Line. If connects to the Palmdale Transportation Center in Palmdale, it would also connect to the Metrolink Antelope Valley Line along with the California High-Speed Rail. Would connect most other rail services at Union Station in Los Angeles.
Began construction in 2015, set to begin operation between Merced and Bakersfield in 2029-30, with the remainder of the route set to begin operation in 2033. Mostly running on dedicated tracks for most of its route, except for portions of its route in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Greater Los Angeles Area. Will also run alongside other commuter rails, including the electrified Caltrain. However, no plans for another connecting commuter rail, Metrolink to be electrified, so will still use diesel locomotives, all the lines would connect at Union Station in Los Angeles, and some routes at other high-speed rail stations that share Metrolink service. Same would go for the connecting Amtrak routes such as the Pacific Surfliner, Coast Starlight, San Joaquins, Capitol Corridor, and the Southwest Chief. Will eventually construct Phase 2 to connect Sacramento and San Diego.
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)
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 speed
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
January 01, 1970
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This is a list of the power supply systems that are or have been used for railway electrification Note that the voltages are nominal and vary depending on load and distance from the substation As of 2023 update many 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 1 200 V DC 2 1 4 1 500 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 1 200 V DC conductor 2 2 4 1 500 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 1f except where marked three phase 3f 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 leaves Red background indicates voltages no longer in use on the indicated locationSystems 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 Notes Worldwide 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 Railway Kyoto Kyoto Eizan Electric Railway Kanagawa Enoshima Electric Railway Matsuyama Ehime Iyotetsu Takahama Line Shizuoka 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 MBTA subway Green and Mattapan Lines the at grade section of Blue Line northeast of Airport station Cleveland RTA Rapid Transit Red Line San Diego San Diego Trolley 750 V DC edit Country Location Name of system Notes Worldwide 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 AustriaSwitzerland 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 Railway Hakone Kanagawa Hakone Tozan Railway Line Between Hakone Yumoto and Gōra Ehime Iyotetsu Yokogawara Line and Gunchu Line Yokkaichi Mie Yokkaichi Asunarou Railway Utsube Line Hachiōji Line Mie Sangi Railway Hokusei Line Mexico Mexico City STC Line A Netherlands The Hague Zoetermeer Rotterdam and adjacent cities Randstadrail Rotterdam Rotterdam Metro North of Capelsebrug station overhead wires Philippines Metro Manila Manila LRT Line 1 Manila Light Rail Transit System Between Baclaran and Roosevelt Manila 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 Metro Eskisehir EsTram Istanbul Istanbul Metro Line M1 and M5 1 200 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 system Palma 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 Bahn Zurich 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 Bahn Meiringen Innertkirchen canton of Bern Meiringen Innertkirchen Bahn United States Los Angeles Inland Empire California Pacific Electric Upland San Bernardino 600 V in city limits This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items January 2015 1 500 V DC edit Country Location Name of system Notes Argentina Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Metro Lines A C D E and H Tren de la Costa Suburban line Australia Melbourne Melbourne Suburban Railways Regional New South Wales NSW TrainLink Intercity Newcastle and Central Coast Blue Mountains to Lithgow and South Coast to Kiama Sydney Sydney Trains Sydney Metro Lines partially converted from Sydney Trains only completely new lines will use 25 kV 50 Hz AC 6 Bangladesh Dhaka Dhaka Metro Rail MRT Line 6 Dhaka Metro 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 DC Ottawa O Train Confederation Line only the Trillium Line is diesel LRT China Beijing Beijing Subway Lines 6 14 and 16 Changchun Changchun Rail Transit Lines 1 and 2 Changsha Changsha Metro Changzhou Changzhou Metro Chengdu Chengdu Metro Except lines 17 18 and 19 Chongqing Chongqing Rail Transit Lines 1 4 5 6 10 and Loop Line Dalian Dalian Metro Dongguan Dongguan Rail Transit Fushun Fushun Electric Railway Fuzhou Fuzhou Metro Guangzhou Guangzhou Metro Except Lines 4 5 6 14 and 21 but overhead wires installed in depots Guiyang Guiyang Metro Haining Hangzhou Haining Intercity Rail Hangzhou Hangzhou Metro Harbin Harbin Metro Hefei Hefei Metro Hohhot Hohhot Metro Jinan Jinan Metro Lanzhou Lanzhou Metro Nanchang Nanchang Metro Nanjing Nanjing Metro Nanning Nanning Metro Ningbo Ningbo Rail Transit Line 4 uses third rail for returning current Shanghai Shanghai Metro Except Lines 16 and 17 but overhead wires installed in the depot for line 16 Shaoxing Shaoxing Metro Shenyang Shenyang Metro Shenzhen Shenzhen Metro Except Lines 3 and 6 but overhead wires installed in the depot for line 6 Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang Metro Suzhou Suzhou Metro Tianjin Tianjin Metro Lines 5 6 and 9 only Urumqi Urumqi Metro Wuhan Wuhan Metro Line 6 only Xi an Xi an Metro Xiamen Xiamen Metro Xuzhou Xuzhou Metro Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Metro Colombia Medellin Medellin Metro Lines A and B Peru Lima Lima Metro 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 JabodetabekJakarta MRT Yogyakarta Solo KRL Commuterline Yogyakarta Solo Ireland Dublin Dublin Area Rapid Transit Israel Tel Aviv Tel Aviv Light Rail Red Line runs partially as a premetro 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 exceptions Most subway lines South Korea Seoul National Capital Area Seoul Subway Except Korail Subway Line except Line 3 see below Busan Busan Subway Daegu Daegu Subway Daejeon Daejeon Subway Gwangju Gwangju Subway Incheon Incheon Subway Line 1 Mexico Mexico City STC Line 12 Monterrey 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 might 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 Catalunya Madrid ADIF Only Cercedilla Cotos line Mallorca Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca North coast Asturias Leon Cantabria Basque Country FEVE Basque Country Euskotren Trena Valencian 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 only Lausanne 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 DC Vitznau 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 Bursaray Istanbul Istanbul Metro Line M3 M4 M7 M8 M9 and M11 United Kingdom Newcastle Sunderland Gateshead and Tyneside Tyne amp Wear Metro Light rail United States Chicago Metra Electric District Maryland Purple Line Light rail under construction Northern Indiana amp Chicago South Shore Line Seattle Central Link Light rail 3 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 Sao Paulo Sao Paulo Metropolitan Trains 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 Morocco ONCF National standard Netherlands ProRail Planned Poland Polish State Railways National standard Planned high speed lines in Poland 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 Austrian national railways also operating small country Liechtenstein where is alson used 15 kV AC 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 BLS Central Switzerland and Bernese Highlands Zentralbahn Canton of Vaud Chemin de fer Biere Apples Morges BAM Canton of Zurich Sihltal Zurich Uetliberg Bahn Swiss Federal Railways SBB CFF FFS 25 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 Rail Perth Transperth Adelaide Adelaide Metro Seaford Flinders and Gawler lines electrified Sydney Sydney Metro Completely new lines Western Sydney Airport and Sydney Metro West converted lines use 1500V DC 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 standard Beijing Beijing Subway Daxing Airport Line only Chengdu Chengdu Metro Lines 17 18 and 19 only Wenzhou 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 respectively Mumbai Mumbai Metro Line 1 Chennai Madras Chennai Metro Delhi Delhi Metro Hyderabad Hyderabad Metro Pune Pune Metro Nagpur Nagpur Metro Jaipur Jaipur Metro Lucknow 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 Berhad Batu 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 Berhad KL 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 2014 Central 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 ShinkansenNishi 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 line Incheon Seoul A REX Mexico Greater Mexico City Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de Mexico 22 Mexico Valley Toluca Valley El Insurgente First section operating on 2023 Rest expected mid of 2024 Yucatan Peninsula Tren Maya Under construction About 40 of the route to be electrified 23 Republic of China Taiwan Taiwan Railways Administration National standard Western Taiwan Taiwan High Speed Rail United States New Jersey Morris amp Essex Lines New Jersey Transit Converted from 3 000 V DC to 25 kV 60 Hz in 1984 Aberdeen 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 Haven to Boston Northeast Corridor NEC Amtrak Electrified in 2000 see Amtrak s 60 Hz traction power system Denver Denver RTD Opened in 2016 separate 750 V DC system for light rail Los Angeles to Las Vegas Brightline West Began construction in 2024 expected to be operational by 2027 28 First train to connect Las Vegas and Southern California since the Desert Wind ceased operations back in 1997 Will be the first dedicated high speed rail route in the United States though connection from Rancho Cucamonga to Los Angeles is not yet finalized for planning Either would run on a new dedicated track or an electrified and upgraded portion of the route of the Metrolink San Bernardino Line If connects to the Palmdale Transportation Center in Palmdale it would also connect to the Metrolink Antelope Valley Line along with the California High Speed Rail Would connect most other rail services at Union Station in Los Angeles San Francisco to Anaheim California High Speed Rail Began construction in 2015 set to begin operation between Merced and Bakersfield in 2029 30 with the remainder of the route set to begin operation in 2033 Mostly running on dedicated tracks for most of its route except for portions of its route in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Greater Los Angeles Area Will also run alongside other commuter rails including the electrified Caltrain However no plans for another connecting commuter rail Metrolink to be electrified so will still use diesel locomotives all the lines would connect at Union Station in Los Angeles and some routes at other high speed rail stations that share Metrolink service Same would go for the connecting Amtrak routes such as the Pacific Surfliner Coast Starlight San Joaquins Capitol Corridor and the Southwest Chief Will eventually construct Phase 2 to connect Sacramento and San Diego San Francisco Peninsula Caltrain Under construction expected by 2024 see Electrification of Caltrain New Mexico Navajo Mine Railroad Texas 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 Line Nagoya 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 Anaheim California Disneyland Monorail Boston Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Red and Orange Lines the subway part of the Blue Line southwest of Airport station Chicago Chicago L elevated and subway lines Staten Island Staten Island Railway New York City metro area PATH Philadelphia Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority Broad Street Line Bay Lake Florida Walt Disney World Monorail System 750 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 only Kunming Kunming Metro Except Line 4 Tianjin Tianjin Metro Lines 2 and 3 only Wuhan 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 and Berlin S Bahn Lines from U5 to U9 large profile Negative polarity Hamburg Hamburg U Bahn Munich Munich U Bahn Nuremberg Nuremberg U Bahn India Bangalore Namma Metro Kochi Kochi Metro Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Metro Kanpur Kanpur Metro Gurgaon Rapid Metro Gurgaon Kolkata Kolkata Metro 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 Zuid Rotterdam 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 East West Circle and Thomson East Coast lines operated by SMRT TrainsDowntown line operated by SBS Transit Republic of China Taiwan Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Metro Taipei Taipei Metro Taoyuan Taipei Taoyuan Metro Turkey Ankara Ankara Metro Istanbul Istanbul Metro Lines M2 and M6 only Izmir Izmir Metro United Kingdom London Docklands Light Railway United States New York City Metro North Railroad Side 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 Metro Marseille Marseille Metro Lille Lille Metro Rennes Rennes Metro Toulouse 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 Transit Greater 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 Transit Singapore 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 Monorail Top contact edit Country Location Name of system Notes Canada Vancouver Vancouver SkyTrain Canada Line only China Beijing Beijing Subway Capital Airport Line use bottom contact Tianjin 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 Railway Higashiosaka OsakaIkoma NaraNara Nara Kintetsu Keihanna Line Yokohama 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 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 Merseyrail London 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 standardised Southern England Southern Region of British Railways and successors 660 V system upgraded and expanded London Waterloo and City line Upgraded by Railtrack to 750V prior to sale to London Underground United States Atlanta MARTA Los Angeles Los Angeles Metro Rail B and D Lines Miami Metrorail New 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 Huntington Philadelphia PATCO Speedline Puerto Rico Tren Urbano Washington D C Washington Metro within the Hudson and East River Tunnels as well as under ManhattanNortheast Corridor Amtrak within the Hudson Tunnel into Manhattan New Jersey Transit Mixed edit Type Country Location Name of system Notes See note China Tianjin Tianjin Metro Top contact in Line 1 bottom contact in Lines 2 and 3 1 200 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 1 500 V DC conductor edit All systems are third rail unless stated otherwise Type Country Location Name of system Notes Bottom contact France Paris Paris Metro Line 18 Currently under construction Toulouse Line C Toulouse Metro fr Currently under construction Side contact Chambery Modane Culoz Modane railway used between 1925 and 1976 today overhead wire Bottom contact China Beijing Beijing Subway Line 7 only Guangzhou Guangzhou Metro Lines 4 5 6 14 and 21 only Overhead wires in depots all trains are equipped with pantographs Kunming Kunming Metro Line 4 only Qingdao Qingdao Metro Shanghai 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 only Wuxi Wuxi MetroSystems using non standard voltages editOverhead systems edit DC voltage edit Voltage Country Location Name of system Notes 120 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 1959 525 Switzerland Lauterbrunnen Bergbahn Lauterbrunnen Murren 550 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 1942 Fresno California Fresno Traction Company operated 1903 1939 Phoenix Arizona Phoenix Street Railway operated 1888 1948 25 650 United States Buffalo New York Buffalo Metro Rail El Paso Texas El Paso Streetcar Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Light Rail Switzerland Basel Basel Trams BVB BLT 660 Poland Metropolis GZM Silesian Interurbans 700 Switzerland Bex Col de Bretaye Vaud Chemin de fer Bex Villars Bretaye 730 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 system 850 Switzerland Capolago Monte Generoso Ticino Ferrovia Monte Generoso MG 900 Fribourg Gruyere Fribourg Morat Vaud Montreux Lenk im Simmental line Vevey Les Pleiades 1 000 ItalySwitzerland 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 ItalySwitzerland 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 power 3 500 United Kingdom Manchester Bury Holcombe Brook operated 1913 1918 6 000 Russia experiments in the late 1970s 3 000 V DC lines AC voltage edit Voltage Frequency Country Location Name of system Notes 3 300 15 Hz United States Tulare County California Visalia Electric Railroad 1904 1992 25 Hz United States Napa and Solano Counties California San Francisco Napa and Calistoga Railway 1905 1937 5 500 16 2 3 Hz Germany Murnau Ammergau Railway 1905 1955 after 1955 15 kV 16 7 Hz 6 250 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 1970s 6 300 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 Mariazellerbahn 6 600 Norway Orkdal Thamshavnbanen 6 600 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 system South London line London Victoria to London Bridge 1909 1928Converted to 660 V later 750 V DC third rail supply 8 kV 25 Hz Germany Karlsruhe Alb Valley Railway 1911 1966 today using 750 V DC 10 kV Netherlands The Hague Rotterdam Hofpleinlijn from 1908 in 1926 converted to 1 500 DC In 2006 replaced by 750 V DC light rail 10 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 Kazakhstan 11 kV 16 2 3 Hz Switzerland Graubunden Rhatische Bahn RhB Except the Bernina line which is electrified at 1 000 V DC Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn MGB formerly Furka Oberalp Bahn FO and BVZ Zermatt Bahn 50 Hz France Saint Gervais les Bains Mont Blanc Tramway 11 kV 25 Hz United States Pennsylvania RailroadEtc 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 1984 12 kV 25 Hz United States Washington DC New York City Northeast Corridor NEC Amtrak 11 kV until 1978 Harrisburg Pennsylvania to Philadelphia Keystone Corridor Amtrak 11 kV until 1978 Philadelphia SEPTA Regional Rail system only 11 kV until 1978 12 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 Hz 12 5 kV 60 Hz United States Pelham NY New Haven CT New Haven Line Metro North Railroad Amtrak 11 kV until 1985 16 kV 50 Hz Hungary Budapest Hegyeshalom railway Budapest to Hegyeshalom Kando system 1931 1972 converted to 25 kV 50 Hz 20 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 others 60 Hz most electrified JR the third sector lines in Kyushu and Hokuriku region JR Kyushu and others 50 kV 50 Hz South Africa Northern Cape Western Cape Sishen Saldanha railway line opened in 1976 and hauls iron ore 60 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 Notes 725 50 Hz 3f Switzerland Zermatt Gornergrat canton of Valais Gornergratbahn 750 40 Hz 3f Burgdorf Thun Burgdorf Thun Bahn Operated 1899 1933converted to 15 kV 16 2 3 Hz in 1933 900 60 Hz 3f Brazil Rio de Janeiro Corcovado Rack Railway 1125 50 Hz 3f Switzerland Interlaken Jungfraubahn 3600 15 Hz 3f Italy Northern Italy Valtellina Electrification 1902 1917 50 Hz 3f France Saint Jean de Luz to Larrun Chemin de Fer de la Rhune 3600 16 Hz 3f ItalySwitzerland Simplon Tunnel 1906 1930 3600 16 2 3 Hz 3f Italy operated 1912 1976 in Upper Italy more info needed Porrettana railway FS 1927 1935 3600 16 2 3 Hz 3f Italy Trento Trient to Brenner Brenner Railway 1929 1965 5200 25 Hz 3f Spain Gergal Santa Fe C de H Sur de Espana 1911 1966 6600 25 Hz 3f United States Cascade Tunnel Great Northern Railway U S 1909 1929 10 kV 45 Hz 3f Italy Roma Sulmona FS 1929 1944 33 Three wires edit Voltage Current Country Location Name of system Notes 3000 V 50 Hz Germany Kierberg Zahnradbahn Tagebau Gruhlwerk rack railway 0 7 km operated 1927 1949 10000 V Berlin Lichterfelde de test track 1 8 km variable voltage and frequency trial runs 1898 1901 14 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 gauge Conductor 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 Notes 50 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 railway 160 Volk s Railway between 1884 and 1980s 100 fourth rail Beaulieu Beaulieu Monorail National Motor Museum Beaulieu Palace House current fed by 2 contact wires 180 See notes Germany Berlin Lichterfelde Siemens streetcar Current fed through the running railsOperated 1881 1891 200 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 1908 300 Georgia New Athos Cave Railway 400 Germany Berchtesgaden Berchtesgaden Salt Mine Railway 440 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 speed 550 Argentina Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Metro Subterraneos de Buenos Aires Only Line B 625 United States New York City New York City Subway 630 Philadelphia SEPTA Norristown High Speed Line fourth 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 SubwayLink 800 Germany Berlin Berlin S Bahn discontinued today 750 V 825 North Korea Pyongyang Pyongyang Metro uses old 750 V Berlin U Bahn rolling stock 1000 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 Notes 650 Canada Vancouver SkyTrain Expo Line 1985 and Millennium Line 2006 Linear induction 850 France Martigny Saint Gervais Vallorcine railway 1200 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 Notes 700 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 V 825 Belarus Minsk Minsk Metro FSU underground system standard 38 825V substation output 750V in rail on average Bulgaria Sofia Sofia Metro Lines 1 and 2 Russia Moscow Moscow Metro Nominal voltage 825 V allowed range 550 V 975 V 39 Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Metro Kazan Kazan Metro Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod Metro Novosibirsk Novosibirsk Metro Samara Samara Metro Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg Metro Ukraine Kyiv Kyiv Metro FSU underground systems share the same standard 38 Dnipro Dnipro Metro Kharkiv Kharkiv Metro 830 Argentina Buenos Aires Mitre Line Retiro Jose Leon SuarezRetiro Bartolome MitreRetiro Tigre Once Moreno Sarmiento Line 850 France Villefranche Ligne de Cerdagne Often referred to as the Yellow Train Austria Vienna Wiener Lokalbahn 900 Belgium Brussels Brussels Metro Conductor rail systems AC voltage edit All systems are 3 phase unless otherwise noted Voltage Current Contact Country Location Name of system Notes 500 50 Hz top bottom 40 Australia Gold Coast Queensland Sea World Monorail Operated 1986 2021 Oasis Shopping Centre Operated 1989 2017 Sydney New South Wales Sydney Monorail Operated 1988 2013 41 600 50 Hz side China Guangzhou Guangzhou Metro APM Line Singapore LRT Bukit Panjang line 42 Japan Saitama New Shuttle Tokyo Nippori Toneri Liner Yurikamome 60 Hz Kobe Hyōgo Kobe New Transit Osaka Osaka Metro Nankō Port Town Line Kansai 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 children DC four rail edit Voltage Type Contact system Name of system Location Country Notes 750 Guide bars Lateral to both guide bars one guide connected to running rail Paris Metro Paris France Rubber tyred lines only Lateral positive and top of running rails negative contact Montreal Metro Montreal Canada Rubber tyred lines Mexico City Metro Mexico City Mexico Rubber tyred lines Third and fourth rail Lateral positive and top negative contact Milan Transportation System Milan Italy Metro only line 1 630 Third and fourth rail Top contact London Underground London United Kingdom Transport for London 43 See 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 href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint numeric names authors list link a b Vosman Quintus 4 January 2017 Czechs to switch to 25 kV 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 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