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Estonia
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The Estonia Railways use 3000 V DC rail lines for commuter traffic with a total length of 132.5 km. These are the railway lines:
- Tallinn – Pääsküla – Electrified in 1924 to a 1200 V DC and being the first ever electrified railway line in the Baltics.
- Tallinn – Keila – The line was electrified in 1958 to a 3000 V DC.[1]
- Keila – Paldiski – Electrified 1958-1962.[1]
- Klooga – Kloogaranna – Electrificted in 1960.[1]
- Tallinn – Kehra – Electrified in 1973.
- Kehra – Aegviidu – Electrified in 1978.
- Keila – Turba – The line is electrified between the sections of Keila – Vasalemma in 1965 and between Vasalemma – Riisipere in 1981.
- The electrficted part Riisipere – Turba was opened in December 2019.[2]
The Tallinn to Tartu railway is due to be electrified by 2024, with electrification of the remaining network expected to be completed by 2028.[3]
Estonian Railways are planning to raise the Voltage on the Commuter Railways from the 3000 V DC to a 25 000 V AC between the years of 2024-2028.
Latvia
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The Latvian railway network has 257 kilometers of electrified 3 kV DC on four lines centered around Riga. The LDz has the following electrified railway lines:[4]
- Torņakalns–Tukums II Railway – The line is electrificted in 1950 on a part Rīga – Dubulti. Then the catenary extended a year later to Kemeri and in 1966 to Tukums, completing the electrification of the entire railway line.
- Riga–Jelgava Railway – Electrificted in 1972.
- Zemitāni–Skulte Railway – In 1957 ended electrification from Riga to Mangaļi Station, then in 1971 extended to Zvejniekciems Station and then more work was completed in 1991 to Skulte Station.
- Riga–Daugavpils Railway – In 1959 electrficted part Riga – Ogre. In 1961 extended traction network to Pārogre Station, and them in 1968 to Jumprava Station and them electrification ended to Aizkraukle Station.
The electrification schedule for the following railway lines was planned for 2015–2020:
- Aizkraukle – Krustpils
- Krustpils – Rezekne
- Krustpils – Daugavpils
- Krustpils – Jełgawa
- Jełgawa – Tukums 2
- Tukums 2 – Ventspils
The project was not implemented according to the schedule, and in March 2020 it was decided to limit it for financial reasons.
By 2040, electrification of the entire railway network in the country is planned, along with a voltage change to 25 kV AC.[5]
Lithuania
[edit]The electrification of Vilnius–Kaunas Railway was achieved on 29 December 1975. In 1979, electrficted line Naujoji Vilnia – Kaunas and Lentvaris – Trakai.[6]
The electrification was first implemented in 1975 for the Vilnius–Kaunas line.[7] This was followed by extention of catenary to Naujoji Vilnia (the part of Vilnius-Turmantas railway within Vilnius city limits) Vilnius–Trakai lines and, since 2017, Vilnius–Minsk line.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "HORISONT - inimene, loodus, universum".
- ^ "VIDEO ja FOTOD: Riisipere-Turba rong tegi Eesti kiireimal raudteel esimese sõidu".
- ^ ERR News. €43 million missing from Estonia's railway electrification budget. Retrieved 9 July 2021
- ^ "Latvijas dzelzceļa vēstures muzejs". Archived from the original on 2014-03-29.
- ^ "Latvian Railway announces massive plans for railway electrification". 28 January 2022.
- ^ ""Nepriklausomybės sąsiuviniai". Kelionė Lietuvos geležinkelių istorijos bėgiais, I dalis". 11 January 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
LTG-infra-historywas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Oficialiai atidarytas elektrifikuotas geležinkelio ruožas Minskas – Vilnius". Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in Lithuanian). 18 September 2017. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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