Contact lines, International, Systems design, AC
Design contract
Project details
Client: Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc.
Caltrain, United States
January 2017 – December 2018

Extensive designs, studies and simulations are being carried out for the electrification of the "Peninsula Corridors"
from San Francisco to San José for the “Caltrain” commuter trains.

  • Order value: 3,435 Mio. Euro
  • Length of route (km): 80 km
  • Length of track (km): 160 km

The range of services offered by Rail Power Systems:

  • Traction power load flow analysis
  • Dynamic simulation of the contact line
  • Safety analysis of the current collector
  • Systems design of the contact line
  • Implementation planning of the contact line
  • On-site design support for a period of nine months

Services

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System Design
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Alternating current (AC)
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Contact lines
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