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The first electric passenger train was presented by [[Werner von Siemens]] at [[Berlin]] in 1879. The locomotive was driven by a 2.2 kW, series-wound motor, and the train, consisting of the locomotive and three cars, reached a speed of 13 km/h. During four months, the train carried 90,000 passengers on a 300-meter-long (984 feet) circular track. The electricity (150 V DC) was supplied through a third insulated rail between the tracks. A contact roller was used to collect the electricity.
The world's first electric tram line opened in Lichterfelde near Berlin, Germany, in 1881. It was built by Werner von Siemens (see [[Gross-Lichterfelde Tramway]] and [[Berlin Straßenbahn]]). [[Volk's Electric Railway]] opened in 1883 in Brighton. Also in 1883, [[Mödling and Hinterbrühl Tram]] opened near Vienna in Austria. It was the first in the world in regular service powered from an overhead line. Five years later, in the U.S. electric [[Tram|trolleys]] were pioneered in 1888 on the [[Richmond Union Passenger Railway]], using equipment designed by [[Frank Julian Sprague|Frank J. Sprague]].<ref>{{cite web
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