Railway system including power feeding equipment installed on railway track between stations

摘要

There is provided a railway system enabling a railcar including an onboard power storage to run to a nearest station with the minimum capacity of the onboard power storage. The power storage is installed on the railcar and inter-station power feeding equipment is provided. The inter-station power feeding equipment is a power supply facility using a contact line or charging post fed with power from a power supply system different from the power supply system of a contact line near a station. The distance between the station and the inter-station power feeding equipment or the distance between the inter-station power feeding equipment and the inter-station power feeding equipment is within an operating range over which the train can run with the maximum state of charge of the power storage. The onboard power storage can be charged at a location where the inter-station power feeding equipment is provided. Thus, the railway system can reduce the capacity requirements of the onboard power storage and enables the railcar to run to the nearest station.