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Old July 17th 15, 08:29 AM posted to uk.transport.london
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Default Electric buses

On Thu, 16 Jul 2015 20:19:19 +0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
Paul Corfield wrote:
I suspect that at some point there will have to be a London trial
which involves a pantograph based charging facility or facilities.
Several manufacturers offer that option so it would make sense to test
it even though there will be issues as to where you can install such
kit.


Is that a single wire tram-style pan, or two wires, trolley-bus style? If
one wire, how is the bus earthed while being charged?


Google siemens electric truck. It'll probably be a similar setup to that.

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