17-04-2017, 09:38 AM
6,500V DC overhead street traction power for a tram network? I very much doubt it!
600V DC is standard - if it is a misprint, I'd accept 650V DC as a possibility. However, when Glasgow Corporation electrified the the cable hauled subway railway in the mid 30s, it was 600V third rail so that would suggest that the tramway was electrified to the same voltage.
Don't forget that when the former LNER line out of Liverpool Street was finally electrified in 1949, it was only 1,500V DC, the same as used on the Manchester to Altricham line since 1931. It seems unlikely that any higher voltage would have been used anywhere - in the UK, at least
600V DC is standard - if it is a misprint, I'd accept 650V DC as a possibility. However, when Glasgow Corporation electrified the the cable hauled subway railway in the mid 30s, it was 600V third rail so that would suggest that the tramway was electrified to the same voltage.
Don't forget that when the former LNER line out of Liverpool Street was finally electrified in 1949, it was only 1,500V DC, the same as used on the Manchester to Altricham line since 1931. It seems unlikely that any higher voltage would have been used anywhere - in the UK, at least
