HIGH POWER TRACTION CURRENT COLLECTION AT HIGH SPEEDS. QUESTIONNAIRE RELATING TO OVERHEAD LINE TYPES, POWER SUPPLY AND PROTECTION

The report is a summary of replies returned by 21 administrations in response to a questionnaire circulated by ORE Commiteee A129 and contains information about the different types of overhead line used, their protection against over-voltages, the methods used to calculate permissible power and the means for increasing power.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Restrictions on the use of this document are contained in the explanatory material.
• Corporate Authors:

  International Union of Railways

  Office of Research and Experiments
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Publication Date: 1975-10

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: 12 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Catenaries (Railroads); Energy consumption; High speed rail; Overvoltage; Railroad electrification; Tests
• Old TRIS Terms: Power requirement; Question a129
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00053170
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Union of Railways
• Report/Paper Numbers: A129/RP 3/E
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 13 1976 12:00AM