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Railways through Europe |
maps and interoperabilty |
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maps and facts on European interoperability issues
The coexistence of at least four different electrification systems, a dozen of signalling systems,
various clearance profiles and track gauges represent a substantial hindrance to the requirements of
interoperability.
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thanks to Mr. Czifra and Ola Martin Lykkja |
| ratio of electrified lines |
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electrified lines |
voltage system |
| 25kV 50Hz AC |
15kV 16,7Hz AC |
3kV DC |
1,5kV DC |
others |
Germany
about 46% |
[km] |
20'463 |
36 |
18'841 |
24 |
204 |
1'358 |
| [%] |
100 |
0,2 |
92,1 |
0,1 |
1,0 |
6,6 |
Europe
about 47% |
[km] |
166'939 |
62'872 |
32'264 |
59'234 |
8'618 |
3'951 |
| [%] |
100 |
37,7 |
19,3 |
35,5 |
5,1 |
2,4 |
Worldwide
about 20% |
[km] |
237'600 |
106'437 |
32'392 |
72'104 |
15'318 |
11'349 |
| [%] |
100 |
44,8 |
13,6 |
30,3 |
6,5 |
4,8 |
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spreading of voltage systems
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thanks to Jan Skalicky, Jirka Sponar, Martin ZednÃk, Srdjan and Ulf Kutzner |
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thanks to Kai Vehmersalo, Kevin Flynn |
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track gauge [mm] |
track length [km] |
ratio [%] |
| narrow gauge |
600 |
2'700 |
0,20 |
| 610 |
6'900 |
0,52 |
| 760 |
5'500 |
0,42 |
| 891 |
3'000 |
0,23 |
| 914 |
6'100 |
0,46 |
| 950 |
2'800 |
0,21 |
| 1000 |
103'300 |
7,84 |
| 1067 |
110'500 |
8,38 |
| standard gauge |
1435 |
738'300 |
56,02 |
| broad gauge |
1524 |
227'500 |
17,26 |
| 1600 |
15'400 |
1,17 |
| 1668 |
15'500 |
1,18 |
| 1676 |
75'500 |
5,73 |
| other gauges (about 25) |
5'100 |
0,39 |
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collection of track gauges used worldwide (status 2003)
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Detailed information on the track gauges used in individual countries can be found in the
table of » worldwide railways.
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thanks to Bjørn Ukkestad and Juhani Pirttilahti |
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Only modern motive power (since ca. 1990) of SNCF and SNCB has all three headlights, previously,
only the two lower ones were generally provided (unless required for interoperability). In practice,
all three lamps are always lit on TGVs and most international services, they are not necessarily lit
on purely internal services.
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page last updated: 26. March 2018 |
©1998-2013 Thorsten Büker |
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