feeder station
noun1
Business, Electrical, Electrical engineering, Electricity, Electromagnetism, Energy, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics, Rail transport, Railways, Transport A facility that takes power from the national grid and feeds it to overhead electrification lines on a railway.
- Overlap spans and neutral sections have been provided at intervals along the line, which is thus sectioned electrically, not only at the feeder station and track sectioning cabins, but also by switches at certain overlap spans.1959 June 23, “Clacton and Walton Electrification”, in Railway Magazine, page 379: