METROPOLITAN RAILWAY SYSTEM WITH A REDUCED ENERGY CONSUMPTION

摘要

This system (1) includes a civil engineering and tracks component (2), a rolling stock component (3), an electricity supply component (4) and a signaling component (5), such that: the civil engineering and tracks component includes a railroad track made up of two lines of rails and having slopes between -6% and 6%; the rolling stock component includes trains rolling on iron and with motor means distributed on each of the trucks of the cars making up the train; the electricity supply component includes reversible substations, including a converter connected between a grid and an electric third rail section traveling along the track, and being able to be activated to operate either as a rectifier, or as an inverter.