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by mschuster91 27 days ago
> There's caternary on 99% of Swiss rail, every few dozen meters, that already transmits power.

Switzerland runs on 15 kV catenary voltage. Transformers suitable for that kind of voltage cost a lot of money.

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To be fair, swiss train tickets cost a lot of money too.
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