Fast track to Sustainable Mobility

Design of high speed overhead

contact lines and its execution in
projects

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High speed lines executed by Balfour Beatty

Mannheim - Stuttgart Re 250 Germany

Hannover - Wurzburg Re 250 Germany
Hannover - Berlin Re 330 Germany
Nuremberg - Ingolstadt Re 330 Germany
Madrid - Seville Re 250 Spain
Madrid - Lerida EAC 350 Spain
Gardermobanen Re 250 Norway
Rom – Naples Italy
Milan – Bologna Italy
Bologna – Firenze Italy
Turin – Novara Italy
Athens – Thessaloniki Greece
Wuhan – Guangzhou China 3000/25 China

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High speed lines in Germany
for speeds up to 230, 250 and 330 km/h
14 m BzII 50 10kN BzII 25 2.3kN 14 m
Re 200 mod

1.80 m
Hamburg

Hannover Berlin BzII 10 80 m AC100CuAg 13kN

18 m BzII 70 15kN BzII 35 2.8kN Re 250

1.80 m
Würzburg 400
Mannheim Nürnberg 5m
BzII 10 65 m
Re 200 mod AC120CuAg 15kN

Stuttgart Ingolstadt
18 m BzII 120 21kN BzII 35 3.5kN Re 330

1.80 m
5m
BzII 10 65 m AC120CuMg 27kN

Re
250
Re
330
300

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High speed lines in Spain
for speeds up to 300 and 350 km/h
18 m BzII 70 15kN BzII 35 2.8kN Re 250

1.80 m
Zaragoza
Barcelona
5m
BzII 10
Lerida 65 m AC120CuAg 15kN
Madrid Tarragona

Cu 95 15.75kN BzII 35 3.1kN EAC-350

18 m

1.40 m
Cordoba
Seville 4.5m
AC150CuMg 31.5kN
Cu 25 64 m

Re 250
EAC 350

200
300

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High speed line in Norway
for speeds up to 220 km/h
Re 250
18 m BzII 70 15kN BzII 35 2.8kN

1.80 m
5m
BzII 10
65 m AC120CuAg 15kN

Gardermoen
Oslo

300

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High speed lines in Italy
for speeds up to 300 km/h

Novara Mailand
Cu 120 16.25kN
Turin Bologna

1.25 m
Florenz
BZ 10
Rom 60 m AC 150 Cu 20 kN

Neapel

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High speed line in Greece
for speeds up to 250 km/h

95 Cu 14kN
Thessaloniki

1.40 m
Bz 16 63 m AC 107 Cu 14 kN

Athens

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High speed line in China
for speeds up to 350 km/h
18 m
BzII 120 21kN BzII 35 3.5kN
China 3000/25

1.60 m
5m
BzII 10 AC150CuMg 30kN
60 m

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Conclusion of High Speed OCL Data

contact wire catenary wire stitch wire speed OCL country

AC 100 CuAg, 13 kN BzII 50, 10 kN BzII 25, 2.3 kN 230 km/h Re 200 mod Germany

AC 107 Cu, 14 kN Cu 95, 14 kN - 250 km/h Gr 250 Greece

AC 120 CuAg,15 kN BzII 70, 15 kN BzII 35, 2.8 kN 250-300km/h Re 250 Spain, Germany,
Norway
AC 150 Cu, 20 kN Cu 120, 16.25 kN - 300 km/h FS 300 Italy

AC 120 CuMg, 27 kN BzII 120, 21 kN BzII 35, 3.5 kN 330 km/h Re 330 Germany

AC 150 CuMg, 30 kN BzII 120, 21 kN BzII 35, 3.5 kN 350 km/h China 3000/25 China

AC 150 CuMg, 31,5 kN Cu 95, 15.75 kN BzII 35, 3.1 kN 350 km/h EAC 350 Spain

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Wave propagation velocity of high speed OCL

OCL country speed Wave propagation Operational speed in

velocity per cent to the WPV

Re 200 mod Germany 230 km/h 435 km/h 53%

Greece 250 Greece 250 km/h 436 km/h 57%

Re 250 Germany, Norway 250 km/h 427 km/h 59%

Re 250 Spain 300km/h 427 km/h 70%

Italy 300 Italy 300 km/h 441 km/h 68%

Re 330 Germany 330 km/h 572 km/h 58%

China 3000/25 China 300/350 km/h 540 km/h 56/65%

EAC 350 Spain 350 km/h 553 km/h 63%

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