Category:Railway lines 1,5 kV DC

English: Railway electrification system 1,5 kV DC is used in the Netherlands, Japan, Ireland, parts of Australia and south of France, and in Wellington, New Zealand. In the United States, 1500 V DC is used in the Chicago area on the Metra Electric district and the South Shore Line interurban line. In Slovakia, there are two narrow gauge lines in the High-Tatras (one a cog railway). In the Czech Republic only the first of the non-urban electric lines, Tábor – Bechyně. In Portugal, it is used in the Cascais line, and in Denmark on the suburban S-train system. In the United Kingdom, 1500 V DC was used in 1954 for the Woodhead trans-Pennine route (now closed); the system used en:regenerative braking, allowing for transfer of energy between climbing and descending trains on the steep approaches to the tunnel. The system was also used for suburban electrification in East London and Manchester, now converted to 25 kV AC.