09.08.13
AC conversion
Source: Ricp
The cost of converting the southern electric network to AC is wishful thinking, and likely to get squeezed out. As I put in my earlier post, the aluminium composite rail makes DC much more efficient; isolated islands of 25kv does not produce a viable network. How many units do you put pantographs on?
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