NEW FAMILY OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE AC AND DC MULTIPLE-UNITS TAKING OVER BR SUBURBAN SERVICES

The paper reports that the GEC-Traction powered trainsets of British Railways design and construction introduced over the last five years have a high-degree of standardisation for operation on 25 kV and 750, 650 V dc lines. A series have been designed for 25 kV/750 V dc with ready potential to link Southern Region services with those north of the Thames.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Broadfields (Technical Publishers) Limited

  Little Leighs
  Chelmsford, Essex CMB 1PM,   England 
• Publication Date: 1980-4

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 55-56
• Serial:
  • Rail Engineering International
  • Volume: 9
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: De Rooi Publications
  • ISSN: 0141-4615

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric multiple unit cars; Electric trains; Multiple unit trains; Railroad cars; Railroad commuter service; Voltage
• Candidate Terms: Electric traction
• Identifier Terms: British Rail
• Old TRIS Terms: Dual voltage
• Subject Areas: Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00331500
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 12 1982 12:00AM