Railway system (1) with a railway infrastructure including a wheel railway track (3) and wheel railway vehicles (2) driven on the wheel railway track (3), the wheel railway track including rails (18) mounted on a ballasted or unballasted ground support, for instance provided with sleepers (19), the wheel railway vehicles comprising a chassis (15) and wheels (16) coupled to the chassis, and a propulsion system (4), wherein the propulsion system comprises a retrofitted linear electric motor (6), the linear electric motor comprising a mover (11) mounted on an underside of the chassis, or mounted on an underside of one or more bogies (14) comprising said wheels, and a stator (11) comprising an electromagnetic drive mounted along at least a section of the wheel railway track (3) between the rails (18) of the wheel railway track.
WHEEL RAILWAY SYSTEM WITH AUXILIARY PROPULSION SYSTEM
2024-10-31
Patent
Electronic Resource
English