欧洲早在19世纪末期就有了电气化铁路,1879年首次成功地在柏林表演了由电力小机车牵引的载人车辆。在两次世界大战当中有了发展。最初的电力牵引都采用在山区铁路和近郊铁路区段,后来随着它的各项技术经济指标的不断改进,在货运繁忙的干线上也开始广泛采用了。 Europe had an electrified railroad as early as the late 19th century. For the first time in 1879, it successfully performed manned vehicles towed by small electric locomotives in Berlin. It developed during the two world wars. The first electric traction were used in the mountain railway and the suburban railway section, and later with its continuous improvement of various technical and economic indicators, it has also begun to be widely adopted on busy trunk lines.