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Bruhrain Railway
The Bruhrain Railway (german: Bruhrainbahn) is a railway line running from Bruchsal to Germersheim in the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. Whilst it was part of a national trunk line (''Magistrale'') and handled long-distance traffic; today the line is exclusively worked by local trains. It takes its name from the Bruhrain, a region in the northwestern part of Landkreis Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe district, which it passes through. Route The line is entirely within the Rhine valley and it forms an almost a straight line between Bruchsal station, Bruchsal and Graben-Neudorf station, Graben-Neudorf. The two largest engineering structures are the bridge over the Rhine Railway (Baden), Rhine Railway north of Graben-Neudorf and the Rhine bridge between Rheinsheim and Germersheim. The line runs from Bruchsal through the municipalities of Karlsdorf-Neuthard and Graben-Neudorf. The line runs from Huttenheim to Rheinsheim along the boundaries of the town of Philipps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15 KV AC Railway Electrification
Railway electrification systems using at are used on transport railways in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, and Norway. The high voltage enables high power transmission with the lower frequency reducing the losses of the traction motors that were available at the beginning of the 20th century. Railway electrification in late 20th century tends to use AC systems which has become the preferred standard for new railway electrifications but extensions of the existing networks are not completely unlikely. In particular, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (opened on 1 June 2016) still uses 15 kV, 16.7 Hz electrification. Due to high conversion costs, it is unlikely that existing systems will be converted to despite the fact that this would reduce the weight of the on-board step-down transformers to one third that of the present devices. History The first electrified railways used series-wound DC motors, first at 600 V and then 1,500 V. Areas with 3 kV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
