Electrification of Australian railways began with the Melbourne and Sydney suburban lines. Melbourne suburban lines were electrified from 1919 using 1...
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Railway electrification is the use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport. Electric railways use either electric locomotives (hauling passengers...
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25 kV AC electrification is closely connected with that of successfully using utility frequency. This electrification is ideal for railways that cover...
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Railway electrification in New Zealand consists of three separate electric systems, all on the North Island. Electrification was initially adopted by the...
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largest city in Australia, has an extensive network of passenger and goods railways. The passenger system includes an extensive suburban railway network,...
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freight railway network centred on Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Suburban and interurban passenger services in the region...
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727. ISBN 978-90-481-9920-4. Geoffrey B Churchman (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand. IPL Books. ISBN 0-646-06893-8 "Giant shapes...
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the Australian heavy railways network route-kilometres are electrified. Except for a small number of private railways, most of the Australian railway network...
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(1886–1895) transportable railways as a ride for children Third rail Railway electrification system Railroad electrification in the United States Ground...
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The Carlingford railway line is a former heavy rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, which now largely forms part of the Parramatta Light Rail...
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Bullocks Flat Perisher Valley Geoffrey B Churchman (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand. IPL Books. ISBN 0-646-06893-8. Dunn, John...
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In the late 1970s and 1980s, a significant rail electrification program was completed in the Australian state of Queensland. The electrified Queensland...
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Auckland railway electrification occurred in phases as part of investment in a new infrastructure for Auckland's urban railway network. Electrification of the...
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the Orbost railway line or Bairnsdale railway line) is a railway line serving the Latrobe Valley and Gippsland regions of Victoria, Australia. It runs east...
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Adelaide railway station on North Terrace in the CBD. Since January 2021, operation of the network has been contracted to Keolis Downer. The Australian Rail...
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Daily Telegraph. Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2013. Churchman, Geoffrey B (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand. IPL Books...
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Mining in New Zealand "Stockton Mine" (PDF). Solid Energy. March 2004. Churchman, Geoffrey B. (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand...
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Capricorn service in July 1989. Electrification Continental Railway Journal issue 70 June 1987 page 312 QR's Inter-City Electrics Transit Australia December 1988...
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works for the project. The decision was made to electrify with the 25 kV AC railway electrification system as used on the Brisbane suburban network....
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UK 1908 & 1912: Electrification of Melbourne suburban railways in Victoria, Australia. 1911: Electrification of North Eastern Railway (UK) 1914-18: Mobile...
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The Mornington railway line, in Melbourne, Australia, was a rural railway branching off from the Stony Point railway line at Baxter. The line had a life...
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Rails April 1986 page 195 Churchman, Geoffrey B (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand. IPL Books. ISBN 0-646-06893-8. Pedersen, Kim...
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Sunbury railway station is the terminus of the suburban electrified Sunbury line in Victoria, Australia. It serves the north-western Melbourne suburb...
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Stockton, New Zealand (category All Wikipedia articles written in New Zealand English)
cableway. LINZ database Churchman, Geoffrey B. (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand. Sydney & Wellington: IPL Books. pp. 8, 9. ISBN 0-908876-79-3...
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Wellington: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society. ISBN 0-908573-00-6. Churchman, Geoffrey Basil (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia and New Zealand...
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Victoria, Australia. The metropolitan rail network is centred around the Melbourne central business district (CBD) and consists of 222 railway stations...
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Plans for electrification of the Mersey Railway in 1895 were shelved because the company and its investors were fighting in the courts. In 1897 a new...
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railway station is a heritage-listed railway station located on the Main Suburban line, serving the suburb of Granville, New South Wales, Australia....
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Geoffrey (1995). Railway Electrification in Australia & New Zealand. Smithfield: IPL Books. p. 94. "Walkway Plan for Meadowbank Bridge": Railway Digest March...
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The railways of New South Wales, Australia, use a large variety of passenger and freight rolling stock. The first railway in Sydney was opened in 1855...
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