Dual-voltage

Quick meaning: Dual-voltage is an adjective meaning (rail transport, of an electric train) Able to run using two different voltages, depending on the voltage supplied to the particular railway line, whether by third rail direct current or overhead wires.

Meaning

(rail transport, of an electric train) Able to run using two different voltages, depending on the voltage supplied to the particular railway line, whether by third rail direct current or overhead wires.

More Meanings

1. (rail transport, of a station) Provided with two separate traction power supplies at different voltages, typically as a changeover point between voltages.

Example Sentences

Quévy, the end-to-end junction with the S.N.C.F. main line via Aulnoye to Paris, will be a dual-voltage station with arrangements of overhead and signalling equipment similar to those at Luxembourg, another junction between the 3,000V and 25kV systems.

With multi-voltage techniques in their present state of development, the greatest disadvantage resulting from these differences is the impossibility of fast through multiple-unit expresses. Dual-voltage trains work between Amsterdam and Brussels, but many additional problems would arise if they were to run south of Luxembourg.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dualizable, trailable, dualisable, switchable, rechargeable, electrified.

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