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Whattype of third rail system,voltage and design areused for metrorail and metromover?
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rail10 wrote:Whattype of third rail system,voltage and design areused for metrorail and metromover?Metro-Rail has an over running third rail at around 700 volts DC. They
I will have to take a better look at the Metro-Mover system when I nextI've only seen Metromover once, and not that closely, but pictures on nycsubway.org seem to show a power rail, and presumably another for the return, located in the center of the guideway. I take it the contact shoes are under the center of the vehicle somewhere. Metromover is a rubber-tired system, thus the need for separate power and return, much like ETBs need two overhead wires.
ride it, it is some sort of an odd-ball system for the US.
geoking66 wrote:I'd prefer it if they electrified the commuter rail at 25kV 60Hz AC catenary tension overhead wire because it's a standard for international rail (well 50Hz everywhere but North America).25kv is standard in Europe for new main line electrification. But there are still many 1500 v DC systems (Netherlands, Poland, southern France etc.) and some 3000v DC (e.g. Belgium)