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    A pantograph (or "pan" or "panto") is an apparatus mounted on the roof of an electric train, tram or trolley buses to collect power through contact with...
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    introduced the single-arm pantograph in 1955. The company has subsidiaries in more than 24 countries. The majority of Faiveley Transport's outstanding stock is...
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    Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group...
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    Trolley pole (category Electric rail transport)
    pole Current collectors Bow collector Collector pole Contact shoe Pantograph (transport) Railway electrification system Koebel, Romin (2005). "Boston Transit...
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    New Zealand AM class electric multiple unit (category Rail transport in New Zealand)
    the driving motor car with pantograph classified AMP, the middle trailer car AMT and the driving motor car without pantograph AMA. The trains are operated...
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    crore. In 2007, India set a world record with the indigenously designed pantograph, developed for the use in dedicated freight corridors and other freight...
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    Haven's Van Nest engineers realized that a small diamond-style pantograph (transport) would be needed to attain the required height. They found their...
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    London Buses route 358 (category Transport in the London Borough of Bromley)
    May 2023. Staubach, Timo. "Bus-Down Pantograph Charging: Schunk's Inverted Pantograph SLS 201". Future Transport News. "London first fast-charged bus...
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    transport in Japan is a major means of passenger transport, especially for mass and high-speed travel between major cities and for commuter transport...
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    Rail transport in Europe has diverse technological standards, operating concepts, and infrastructures. Common features are the widespread use of standard-gauge...
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    its improvement. Mechanisms of this type are more generally known as pantographs, which include simple devices for making copies at various enlargements...
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    types of locomotives are necessary due to Switzerland using narrower pantographs. Germany Several railway lines cross the Germany–Switzerland border....
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    3 kV DC Switzerland – same voltage 15 kV, 16.7 Hz AC, but different pantographs In Austria, many narrow gauge railways were constructed due to the difficult...
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    EMUs. Dual-voltage units are fitted with a Brecknell Willis high-speed pantograph, incorporating a pair of aerofoils on the pan knuckle to steady the pan...
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    in one way or another I have always loved trains. —Walt Disney Rail transport can be found in every theme park resort property owned or licensed by...
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    their economies and achievable speeds. By the 20th century, electric rail transport became commonplace due to advances in the development of electric locomotives...
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  • where the water tanks are mounted on the boiler in pannier-like fashion Pantograph An apparatus mounted on the roof of a rail vehicle to allow the collection...
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    Hong Kong's rail network mainly comprises public transport trains operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRC). The MTRC operates the metro network...
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    Current collector (category Electric rail transport)
    current from an overhead line system use different forms of one- or two-arm pantograph collectors, bow collectors or trolley poles. The current collection device...
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    Rail transport in Germany is provided predominantly by Deutsche Bahn (DB, lit. 'German Railway'). As of 2021[update], the railway network in Germany (DB...
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    Tram (category Tram transport)
    rapid transit trains. Most trams use electrical power, usually fed by a pantograph sliding on an overhead line; older systems may use a trolley pole or a...
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    GVB (Amsterdam) (category Public transport operators)
    Station and Station Zuid. At Station Zuid it switched from third rail to pantograph and catenary wires. From there to Amstelveen Centrum it shared its track...
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    AC Overhead lines Loading gauge – UIC GC Traffic – Right-Hand traffic Pantograph – 195 cm (77 in) (Old) and 160 cm (63 in) (New, Rebuilt and High-speed...
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    vehicles use a pantograph to collect current, as do those in Caen, they are not commonly considered to be trolleybuses. English transport publications generally...
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    SNCF Class Z 20500 (category Transport articles needing translation from French Wikipedia)
    non-powered (trailer) cars (2M2T). < or > show a pantograph. Cars 1 and 4 are each equipped with one pantograph. Car 2 was formerly a mixed 1st class and 2nd...
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    MetroBlitz (category Passenger rail transport in South Africa)
    used to test the British Rail-Brecknell Willis single-arm high speed pantograph, then still under development, as part of the SAR's research towards introducing...
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    6 kWh in operation, the Citea SLFA Electric has a pantograph fast-charging system. The pantograph is installed on the roof of the front car above the...
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    Kalioso Bridge which is lower than the KRL roof. As a result, the train's pantograph was destroyed and the train's air conditioning was severely damaged. There...
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    against the wire. Pantograph: a hinged frame that holds the collecting shoes against the wire in a fixed geometry. Of the three, the pantograph method is best...
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    Overhead line (category Electric rail transport)
    that collect their current from overhead lines use a device such as a pantograph, bow collector or trolley pole. It presses against the underside of the...
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