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Electrification and system
Electrification is provided by a 3 kV DC system, except at the junctions with railways of foreign countries, and covers.
Around 1880, not only were railways serving the area, but this was the point where the tram systems coming north from the city, met the Hackney tram system, and so it became a busy interchange, with a depot opening in 1873 .< ref >< cite >' Hackney: Communications ', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 10: Hackney ( 1995 ), pp. 4-10 Date accessed: 1 November 2006 .</ ref > Electrification commenced in 1902 and by 1924 a service was commenced between Stamford Hill and Camden Town along Amhurst Park.
Electrification and conversion to a dual-track system was completed in 1984.
Electrification is provided by a 3 kV DC system and covers about 503 km.
Electrification started in 1898, and most of the system was converted by 1910.
Electrification of the system began in 1912 but did not reach an advanced state until the 1950s.
Electrification was removed in 1956, after a ventilation system was installed to eliminate diesel fumes.
From 1896 to 1900 Sprague served on the Commission for Terminal Electrification of the New York Central Railroad, including the Grand Central Terminal in New York City, where he designed a system of automatic train control to ensure compliance with trackside signals.
Electrification of Auckland's rail network is currently underway, to the same system as the NIMT, although the two systems will not be connected.
* Electrification of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad: The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad electrifies its mainline between Stamford, CT and Woodlawn, NY using a high-voltage ( 11 kV ) AC single-phase 25 Hz overhead line system with a triangular cross-section catenary.
Electrification in Natal was stimulated by the takeover of the South African Railways ' system by the Electricity Supply Commission ( now Eskom ) based on the Colenso power station.
Services through Deal were electrified using the 3rd rail system at 750 volts DC as Phase 2 of British Rail ’ s Kent Coast Electrification Scheme.
Electrification also would mean the Whifflet Line being added to the Argyle Line system with services through Glasgow Central Low Level to the western suburbs.

Electrification and commenced
Electrification of the Melbourne network also commenced at this time, with the Victorian Railways Commissioners deciding to include the Camberwell to Ashburton section of the Outer Circle in the project, the last steam train running on 29 October 1924 and electric trains commencing 3 days later.
Electrification work on the Melbourne network commenced in the 1920s, with the Railway Commissioners in 1923 deciding not to electrify the line from Deepdene though Riversdale to Ashburton due to insufficient traffic levels, but would keep the issue under review.
Electrification of some of the heavy haul coal lines commenced in 1986.
Electrification of the line commenced in the 1950s and by January 1959 the line was electrified as far as Great Bentley.

Electrification and from
Electrification of factories was fastest between 1900 and 1930, aided by the establishment of electric utilities with central stations and the lowering of electricity prices from 1914 to 1917.
Electrification was completed the following year and the trolley was open from Newtown to Fernwood in 1895.
The incorporation was essentially a bureaucratic tactic to secure federal aid for development of municipal infrastructure, including from the Rural Electrification Administration.
Electrification of ice crystals can induce alignments different from the horizontal.
In 1936, Chandler urged implementation of the state's first rural roads program and development of electrical infrastructure with assistance from the federal Rural Electrification Act.
In addition to his work to enact the Rural Electrification Act that formed the basis for building the Highland Lakes, President Johnson owned a ranch on the lake ( which was separate and apart from the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall, Texas ), and he and Mrs. Johnson entertained national and foreign dignitaries on the lake during his vice presidency and presidency.
Electrification of the second two tracks started with the from Guro to Bupyeong, which went into service on January 29, 1999.
During the 1950s and early 1960s British Railways completed its Kent-Coast Electrification schemes which meant that most of the remaining services from the station were electrified ( including the boat trains ).
Electrification of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with electric trains replacing steam trains on the Hounslow branch from 13 June 1905.
Passenger trains from the Great Northern Line, via the York Road and Hotel curves at Kings Cross to the Widened Lines ran until the Great Northern Electrification of 1976 when platforms 3 & 4 were closed.
Composed largely of technical staff-professional engineers and economists from imperialist times, it was directed by Ivan Gavrilovich Alexandrov, former member of the State Commission for the Electrification of Russia, but not however a member of the Bolshevik Party.
Electrification is the process of powering by electricity and is usually associated with changing over from another power source.
With Ireland's towns and cities benefiting from electricity, the new government pushed the idea of Rural Electrification.
Electrification of the line from London to Alton in 1937 meant that the Watercress Line was no longer part of a through route ; it became necessary to change at Alton.
Electrification of the line from London to Southampton occurred in 1967, which further affected the economics of the Mid-Hants route.
Electrification of the line from Melbourne reached Eltham on 15 April 1923.
Electrification of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with electric trains replacing steam trains on the Hounslow branch from 13 June 1905.
Electrification of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with electric trains replacing steam trains on the Hounslow branch from 13 June 1905.
Electrification of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with electric trains replacing steam trains on the Hounslow branch from 13 June 1905.
Electrification of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with electric trains replacing steam trains on the Hounslow branch from 13 June 1905.
Electrification allowed individual machine tools to be powered by electric motors, eliminating line shaft drives from steam engines or water power and allowing higher speeds, making modern large scale manufacturing possible.
Electrification of the MDR's tracks took place between 1903 and 1905 with electric trains replacing steam trains on the Hounslow branch from 13 June 1905.

Electrification and 1919
Electrification of the line to St Albans was done in October 1921, although electrification occurred to North Melbourne in May 1919 as part of the Essendon electrification and to Footscray in August 1920 as part of the Williamstown electrification.
Electrification began in Melbourne in 1919 using 1500 V DC.
Electrification of the Melbourne suburban network was also carried out, with the first train running in 1919.
Gustav Klutsis ' ' Dynamic City ' and ' Lenin and Electrification ' ( 1919 – 20 ) are the first examples of this method of montage, which had in common with Dadaism the collaging together of news photographs and painted sections.

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