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In this chapter the principal technical characteristics of tramways with conventional and ground-level power supply systems are briefly discussed. The various aspects influencing tramway alignments and superstructures are also examined.
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The first electrified tramway line was inaugurated on 16th May 1881 in Berlin. It was 2.45 km long (1 m gauge and 10‰ maximum gradient); the vehicles ran with a maximum speed of 15 km/h [1].
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Trams are equipped with switching devices: they can operate as a railway (3Â kVÂ cc in Italy, 15/25Â kV ca in the rest of Europe) and as a tramway (600/750Â V, cc).
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This type of tramway operates in Zurich, Dresden and Cologne.
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Today lines in operation are in Clermont-Ferrand, Medellin, Mestre-Venice, Padua, Shanghai, Tianjin, Paris.
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In the AHS the traffic flow is composed of automated or semi-automated driving vehicles, travelling as individual units or in platoons with potential benefits in terms of capacity and safety.
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Guerrieri, M. (2023). Tramway Systems. In: Fundamentals of Railway Design. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24030-0_14
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