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    Electricity is distributed to moving trains through either an overhead line suspended above the tracks or a third rail mounted at track level that provides power. Both systems typically use the running rails as the return conductor to complete the circuit, though some instead employ a separate fourth rail to serve this purpose.

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    Electricity is distributed to moving trains through either an overhead line suspended above the tracks or a third rail mounted at track level that provides power. Both systems typically use the running rails as the return conductor to complete the circuit, though some instead employ a separate fourth rail to serve this purpose.

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    Electricity is distributed to moving trains through either an overhead line suspended above the tracks or a third rail mounted at track level that provides power. Both systems typically use the running rails as the return conductor to complete the circuit, though some instead employ a separate fourth rail to serve this purpose.

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    ELECTRICTY DISTRIBUTION

    IN RAILWAYS
    Power is supplied to moving trains with a (nearly) continuous conductor running along
    the track that usually takes one of two forms:

    • An overhead line suspended from poles or towers along the track or from structure
    or tunnel ceilings,
    • A third rail mounted at track level and contacted by a sliding "pickup shoe".

    Both overhead wire and third-rail systems usually use the running rails as the return
    conductor, but some systems use a separate fourth rail for this purpose.

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