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Caltrain’s Electrification Project, expected to be completed in 2024, attained a major milestone on Aug. 29 when its San Jose Traction Power Substation, one of two such facilities, was energized with ...
The bulk of that, nearly $3 billion, is earmarked for the subway system’s traction power network — the collection of substations and transmission lines scattered throughout the five boroughs ...
For the first time since the original BART (San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District) system was built in the 1960s, BART has completed construction on a brand-new substation facility in the ...
Smoke from the fire, which began at 5:20 p.m. Saturday inside BART’s traction power substation area at 11th and Broadway, was spotted by crews responding to a nearby medical emergency, said ...
A planned substation meant to alleviate strain on the existing substation was awaiting construction during the outages it was ...
“The South Lake Union route of the Seattle Streetcar is powered by two traction power substations that went into service in 2007," officials said. "One power substation is located at the north ...
Locations with issues included the Traction Power Substation at Benning Road, Gallery Place Battery Room, and Metro Center Station Alternating Current Room.
The CHSRA calls it the Photovoltaic (PV) and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Project, and it includes plans to build traction power substations at 30-mile intervals along the high-speed rail ...
BART has had a history of problems with its traction power substations. The stations rely on transformers to convert 34,500-volt alternating current from PG&E to the 1,000 volt direct current its ...
The repair needs to be done to the systems that power the streetcar. “The South Lake Union route of the Seattle Streetcar is powered by two traction power substations that went into service in ...