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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Alstom Transport Technologies, Levallois Perret, FR;
ALSTOM Transport Technologies, Saint-Ouen, FR;
Abstract
A railroad network () having a track (), a network energy supply () and a plurality of trains () that are connectable to the network energy supply () via means () for connecting the train () to the network energy supply () and each have an internal energy storage system () for receiving and storing energy originating from said train () or from trains () of the railroad network () and for supplying energy to said train () or to trains () of the railroad network (). Each train () is able to switch from an operational state in which it is able to move along the system of rails () and an idle state in which it is unable to move along the system of rails () and vice versa. At least one of the trains () of the railroad network () is in the idle and energized state at the same time, its internal energy storage system () being connected to the network energy supply ().