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

[Chris Gordon <cmgord@VICSIG.alphalink.com.au>]

> > >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.

On the plans was shown a substation in Union Road just near the current
Mont Albert terminus.

> 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.

YES

> 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.

There was also a new substation build near K-Mart/Coles at Blackburn
Road for the latest extension (1994?)

 
> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand

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