• DocumentCode
    2890243
  • Title

    AC and DC electric railway interfaces

  • Author

    Jordan, Nicholas

  • Author_Institution
    Electrification & Plant Consultancy Services Ltd., UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    6-9 June 2011
  • Firstpage
    250
  • Lastpage
    260
  • Abstract
    This paper describes some of the technical challenges presented by parallel operation, dual operation and direct interconnection of AC and DC electric railways. The practical solutions described have been employed and are based upon a number of case studies in the UK including High Speed One, Thameslink and Crosstail.
  • Keywords
    electric vehicles; railways; traction power supplies; AC electric railway interfaces; Crosstail; DC electric railway interfaces; High Speed One; Thameslink; UK; direct interconnection; dual operation; parallel operation; Interfacing of electric railways;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Railway Electrification Infrastructure and Systems (REIS 2011), 5th IET Professional Development Course on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-512-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/ic.2011.0193
  • Filename
    6261218