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overhead contact line for railways

single or very rarely double wire used to transmit electrical energy to trains, hanging above the track, usually centered, rarely not
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overhead contact line for railways

Summary

overhead contact line for railways is a type of electricity transmission[1].

Key Facts

  • overhead contact line for railways's instance of is recorded as type of electricity transmission[2].
  • overhead contact line for railways is a type of overhead contact line[3].
  • overhead contact line for railways is part of rail infrastructure[4].
  • overhead contact line for railways's used by is recorded as electric multiple unit[5].
  • overhead contact line for railways's used by is recorded as electric locomotive[6].
  • overhead contact line for railways's different from is recorded as trolleybus overhead line[7].

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Definition and Type

overhead contact line for railways's instance of is recorded as type of electricity transmission[2]. It is a type of overhead contact line[3].

Use and Application

overhead contact line for railways is part of rail infrastructure[4]. Recorded used by include electric multiple unit[5] and electric locomotive[6].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → overhead contact line
    Instance of → type of electricity transmission
    Used by → electric multiple unit, electric locomotive
    National library of israel j9u id → 987007538953905171
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007538953905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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