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railway electrification system

electric power to railway trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or local fuel supply
Class type of: classification scheme Q388201

Facts

10 properties
Subclass of
classification scheme
Part of
電気鉄道, electric power generation, transmission and distribution, rail transport, rail infrastructure[2][3][4][5]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Soviet Encyclopedia[13][14][15][16]
Different from
electrification of railway network[18]
Has list
list of railway electrification systems[20]
Has part(s)
third rail, overhead contact line, current collector, feeder line, neutral section, autotransformer[7][8][9][10][11][12]
History of topic
history of electrically-powered rail transport[19]
Main Wikidata property
P930[17]
Model
voltage, electric current[21][22]
Opposite of
non‐electrified railway system[6]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 10
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85110955
OpenAlex ID
C2984018022
BVPB authority ID
95597
Freebase ID
/m/02pym2
J9U entity ID
987007560720105171
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2780919482
OpenStreetMap Wiki item ID
QWERTY, Coco Austin, pornography
OpenStreetMap key
electrified, frequency, voltage, electrification
Topic's main category
Category:Electric rail transport
Yale LUX ID
concept/9b23a7a7-3028-4e94-a226-4e559998dd16

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🔗 Connections
Has part(s) 6
overhead contact line, third rail, autotransformer, current collector, neutral section, feeder line
Has these parts 4
overhead contact line, third rail, ground-level power supply, overhead conductor rail
Part of 3
railway, rail transport, rail infrastructure
Model 2
electric current, voltage
Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Examples 1
three-phase AC railway electrification
Has list 1
list of railway electrification systems
Subclass of 1
classification scheme
Topic's main category 1
Category:Electric rail transport
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Electric rail transport
← FactGrid item ID 1
Westminster
← Is a list of 1
list of railway electrification systems
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railway electrification system is a type of classification scheme[1].

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  1. 20h ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BVPB authority ID → 95597
    "Created claim: BVPB authority ID: 95597, batch #294593"
  2. 9w ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → 電気鉄道, electric power generation, transmission and distribution, rail transport +1
    "Changed claim: Part of: 電気鉄道"
  3. 11w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    OpenStreetMap Wiki item ID → QWERTY, Coco Austin, pornography
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48942: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM keys"
  4. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → classification scheme
    Opposite of → non‐electrified railway system
    Model → voltage, electric current
    Different from → electrification of railway network
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007560720105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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