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Bharat Bhargava
Southern California Edison Company
Rosemead, California 91770
ABSTRACT have been the abundance of cheap diesel oil and the high
cost of railway electrification. However, because of
The benefits of a low frequency (15-20 HZ) railway environmental constraints, several major U.S. cities are
electrification system are presented in this paper. The low considering railway electrification. Also, several major
frequency railway electrification system has been used in cities and their Metropolitan areas are either building or
European countries for almost a century. The railway expanding their Metro rail system and building electrified
electrification load is one of the worst kinds of load to be railway traction systems. These environmental pressures
fed by an electrical utility. It requires over sized substation will continue and will force railway electrification on the
facilities and results in power quality deterioration. With heavily traveled freight routes. In view of this, this may be
the modern day power electronics technology available for an opportune time to select an appropriate railway
frequency conversion and the high power quality demanded electrification system which could provide superior
by the utility power customers, the low frequency systems performance at an economical price.
will provide an affordable and desirable railway
electrification system. RAILWAY INDUSTRY IN USA AND EUROPE