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Leipzig-Plagwitz–Leipzig Miltitzer Allee Railway
The Leipzig-Plagwitz–Leipzig Miltitzer Allee railway is a two-track electrified main-line in the German state of Saxony. It runs from Leipzig-Plagwitz to Leipzig-Grünau and is integrated into the network of the S-Bahn Mitteldeutschland. However, there were no services on the line from the end of April 2011 until 14 December 2013 due to a reduction in funding for public transport. History The line was built from Leipzig-Plagwitz station in four stages from the mid-1970s onwards in accordance with the progressive development of the large residential estate in Leipzig-Grünau. Trains first ran to the halt (''Haltepunkt'') of Hermann-Matern-Allee (from September 1990: Grünauer Allee) on 25 September 1977. The extension to Wilhelm-Pieck-Allee (later: Stuttgarter Allee, now: Allee-Center) was opened in December 1980 and it was extended to Ho-Chi-Minh-Straße (now: Karlsruher Straße) in June 1983 and finally to Miltitzer Allee in December 1983. The route was initially o ... [...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] |
