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Worldwide

1879. Electric traction is born in Berlin, with 1895. First network of urban electric trams
an electric tractor from W. Siemens. in Kyoto, Japan.

1898. First electrification of a line in Europe
with 1,435 mm gauge, between Burgdorf and
Thun, in Switzerland, with three-phase
alternating current.

1900. Electrification of the Austerlitz-Orsay
line, in Paris, at 600 V direct current (DC).
1902. First Italian electrification with
triphasic current: La Valtellina line.

1903. First speed record above 200 km/h in
Germany, between the Berlin-Marienfeld and
Zossen stations, with two three-phase
Siemens railcars.

1888. First network of urban electric trams
in Richmond, Virginia, United States.

1890. First electric subway in London with
direct current. Until approximately 1927, all
the direct current electrifications will make
use of rotary machines for the direct
generation of direct current, as the
rectification process as such, did not exist.

Siemens

1905. Oerlikon company tests between
Seebach and Wettingen stations, Switzerland,
at 15,000 V and 16,7 Hz in alternating current
(AC)

1906. Electrification in Switzerland of the
Simplon tunnel, then the longest in the world,
with triphasic traction, carried out by the
Brown-Boveri company.
London Transport Museum
1906. Electrification of the Grand Central
1895. First electrification of a main railway Terminal, in New York, at 660 V in DC,
line: Tunnel of the “B&O” company in promoted by the General Electric company.
Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
1906. Start of operation on the Japanese
Ochanomizu-Nakano line, at 600 V DC.

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