Objective The objective of the research programme is to define, design and validate a ground based power supply system, applicable to all electrically powered urban transport systems (tramways, GLT, light rail); This system constitutes an innovation response to limit the insertion requirements of urban public transport systems: -by canceling the visual impact of O.H.L. (city center) -by reducing the height and with clearance of the platform (tunnel, bridge) -by suppressing the foundation works necessary to O.H.L. (bridge works). Ground based power supply relies on a discontinuous segmented 3rd rail switched on and off as the vehicle moves along the track. The system is based on select state swiching devices with built in safety features and does not require any particular infrastructure or civil works. Fields of science social sciencessocial geographytransportpublic transport Programme(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 030204 - Environmental technologies Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CRS - Cooperative research contracts Coordinator Osvaldo Cariboni Lecco S.p.A. EU contribution No data Address 14,Via Roma 22050 Pescate Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Electricité de France France EU contribution No data Address Route de Sens - Ecuelles 77818 Moret-sur-Loing See on map Total cost No data Lubin S.a.r.l. France EU contribution No data Address 251,Route du Vexin 78250 Oinville-sur-Montcient See on map Total cost No data PEIRS SRL - POWER ELECTRONICS INTERNATIONAL AND RECTIFYING SYSTEMS Italy EU contribution No data Address 25,Corso Novara 25 10078 VENARIA See on map Total cost No data Société Générale de Techniques et d'Etudes France EU contribution No data Address 10,Avenue de l'Enterprise 95865 Cergy-Pontoise See on map Total cost No data Witt Industrieelektronik GmbH Germany EU contribution No data Address Südendstrasse 15 12169 Berlin See on map Total cost No data
