• AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    1 month ago

    It looks like the tram in Sydney, which also gets its power from a third rail which is only powered segment by segment when the tram is above it. (I think that’s a French system, more expensive than overhead catenary, but allows wireless trams on open roads.)

    • MsFlammkuchen@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 month ago

      The Barcelona Tram networks are hybrid. There are sections with overhead wires and sections with a middle third rail.

      They’re also working on connecting the two networks. The historic tramvia blau is not operating since 2017/2018?.