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contact rail or line

fixed electrically conducting structure (wire, rail) along a railway line or street that a moving vehicle can (almost) permanently be connected to in order to obtain electric power
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contact rail or line

Summary

contact rail or line is a machine element[1].

Key Facts

  • contact rail or line's instance of is recorded as machine element[2].
  • contact rail or line's subclass of is recorded as type of electricity transmission[3].
  • contact rail or line's connects with is recorded as current collector[4].

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Designation and Status

contact rail or line's instance of is recorded as machine element[2].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). contact rail or line. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/contact-rail-or-line
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_contact-rail-or-line_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{contact rail or line}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/contact-rail-or-line}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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