Requirements of the Catenary Services / Technical Solution Catenaries for the upgraded railway line System The catenary system ARCAS (Adaptable Railway Cantilever - , Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS) Constructional System) provides modular solutions „ Replacing mostly existing for the design as well as for the electrified lines with the new production of catenary components. catenary system during operation. K+M converted the detailed NS specifications and created different Operational system designs for each element of „ Increase of maximum speeds from the “B4“ catenary system. The range currently 140 km/h up to 200 km/h of products currently consists of 29 for upgraded lines and up to 300 basic designs for different cantilever km/h for high-speed lines. types including two supporting „ Quick change of power supply 1,5 catenary girders for tunnel kV DC to 25 kV AC in future for applications. All of these are certified selected lines with minimum and will be implemented by ProRail, interferences to rail operation. the Dutch authority for railway Other K+M Railway Catenary infrastructure equipment. ARCAS Applications in the Maintenance system designs are available for more „ 2000: Houten – Houten Castellum „ Minimum intervention time than 100 different cantilever and „ 2001-2005: Woerden – Harmelen „ Maximum system availability supporting catenary girders now, „ 2002: Breukelen „ Minimisation of spare part variety which can be used as a basis for Lage Zwaluve – Prinsenbeek detail designs and the parts list of „ 2003: Utrechtboog I required components. Components of „ 2004-2005: Utrecht Noord Re-electrification and High Speed System characteristics with „ Max. cantilever distortion (visual cantilevers and of supporting catenary „ 2005: Utrechtboog II Rail in the Netherlands relevance to overhead wiring impression): 0.50% of cantilever girders are made of aluminium. K+M „ 2004-2006: Havenspoorlijn The Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), „ Maximum speed: length delivers these pre-assembled to the „ 2006: RandstadRail the state rail agency of the 160 km/h für 1,5kV = „ Life cycle: 40 years construction site. Netherlands, operates a rail network 200 km/h für 25 kV ~ extending to 2,750 kilometres, 72% of „ Minimum headways: 2 minutes Catenary System K+M acts as a service provider taking these are electrified at 1,5 kV DC. „ Rolling Stock: locomotive hauled The most widely used cateneray into account the specific NS customer There are more than 200 electric and electric multiple units system is ageing and is limited to requirements and assumes responsi- locomotives and over 1,500 electric „ Temperatures: -20o up to +60o C maximum speeds of 140 km/h. bility for all mechanical tubular and multiple units serving the system. The „ Contact pressure pantograph: connection components and, if significant increase of passengers 120 - 180 N In preparation for the proposed re- requested, for the design work. K+M’s and passenger train performances „ Minimum distance between 2 electrification and to increase local partners are responsible for the since 1980 resulted in increasing pantographs: 8 m operational speed up to 300 km/h in supply of poles and the catenary capacity restrictions of the railway „ Insulators: composite certain areas, NS specified the future suspension system to be installed by power supply. Based on extensive „ Diameter contact wire: catenary system completely new them on site. The modular cantilever cost/benefit analyses, NS decided in 2 x 100 mm2 1,5kV =, each 10 kN down to the last detail. system ARCAS, based on B4-system 1997 to upgrade and renew its power 1 x 120 mm2 25 kV ~, 15 kN specifications, can be used under the supply system and to change it step „ Minimum contact wire height above current 1,5 kV DC as well as under by step to 25 kV AC. Among other top-of-rail: 5200 mm the future 25 kV AC power supply: lines, the Amsterdam/Utrecht to „ System height: The implementation of two contact 2 Emmerich/Cologne rail link has been - section 1750 mm wires with a diameter of 100 mm upgraded and re-electrified in 2005. - tunnel 300 mm each can easily be changed to one 25 kV AC will also be the future power „ Diameter messenger wire: contact wire with a diameter of 120 2 supply for the high-speed line from 70 mm2 1,5 kV =, 25 kV ~, 15 kN mm when the conversion takes Amsterdam via to place. , which will be operated at speeds up to 300 km/h.

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