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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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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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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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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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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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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suburban rail system serving the city of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. It consists of 89 railway stations across 7 lines, which served a patronage of...
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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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Merz & McLellan (category Companies based in Newcastle upon Tyne)
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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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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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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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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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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InterCity Express (Queensland Rail) (category All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English)
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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Queensland Rail (redirect from Queensland Railway Department)
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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Von Roll Holding (category Companies based in the canton of Solothurn)
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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Sydney Monorail (category Closed railway lines in Sydney)
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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The railways of New South Wales, Australia, use a large variety of passenger and freight[not in body] rolling stock. The first railway in Sydney was opened...
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North Line (also known as the Great Northern Railway) is a major railway in New South Wales, Australia. It runs through Strathfield to Armidale. The...
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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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Stockton Mine (category All Wikipedia articles written in New Zealand English)
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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Outer Harbor and Port Dock lines (redirect from Outer Harbour Railway Line)
2011. Carter, Mark (8 June 2012). "South Australia cuts back Adelaide electrification". International Railway Journal. Archived from the original on 20...
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Kumagai Gumi (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
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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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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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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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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