Re: [Melb] Will new trams draw too much current?

[David McLoughlin <davemcl*PISSOFFSPAMMERS*@iprolink.co.nzzzzz>]

Malcolm Miles wrote:
> 
> David McLoughlin <davemcl*PISSOFFSPAMMERS*@iprolink.co.nzzzzz> wrote:
> 
> >The Citadises will run on the 109 Port Melbourne-Mont Albert line soon
> >to be extended to Box Hill. The current out at Mont Albert is fairly
> >shaky now, it is so far from the substation at Kew. Will a new
> >substation be built for the extension?
> 
> There is a substation in Deepdene (in Kitchener Street, about 100
> metres off Whitehorse Road).


Yes, at Far Kew.

One hell of a long way from the terminus at Mont Albert, let alone the
new one at Box Hill which will be used by power-hog Citadis trams.

What I was asking in general was whether the electrical system overall
is being upgraded for the Citadis and Combino power-hog trams, and
whether in particular there will be a new substation for the Box Hill
extension.

A new substation was built in 1977 for the extension of the Burwood line
which was extended a similar distance east from its old terminus as the
Box Hill extension.

David McLoughlin
Auckland New Zealand