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Jüterbog–Röderau Railway
The Jüterbog–Röderau railway is an electrified main line in the German states of Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony. It runs from Jüterbog via Falkenberg (Elster) station, Falkenberg (Elster) to Zeithain, Röderau, near Riesa station, Riesa. There it ends in a triangular junction with the Leipzig–Dresden railway, connecting to Riesa and Dresden. The Jüterbog–Falkenberg section consists of a single track; the Falkenberg–Riesa section has two tracks. It was opened in 1848 and is one of the List of the first German railways to 1870, oldest lines in Germany. History Planning and Construction The Berlin-Anhalt Railway Company (, BAE) was one of the major railway companies in Germany for more than four decades during the 19th century. One of its major objects was to connect Berlin and Dresden. The first section of the Anhalt Railway, Anhalt trunk line was opened on 1 July 1841 from Berlin to Jüterbog. After several delays, the Jüterbog–Röderau line opened in two s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
15 KV AC Railway Electrification
Railway electrification using at are used on transport railways in Rail transport in Germany, Germany, Rail transport in Austria, Austria, Rail transport in Switzerland, Switzerland, Rail transport in Sweden, Sweden, and Rail transport in Norway, 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. Globally, railway electrification in late 20th century tends to use 25 kV AC railway electrification, AC systems which has become the preferred standard for new railway electrifications. Nevertheless, local extensions of the existing network is commonplace. In particular, the Gotthard Base Tunnel (opened on 1 June 2016) 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
