What is boost transformer in railway??

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Booster transformers are used in electric railway AC catenary feeders to collect the return current from the rails and the earth to the return conductor. ... Booster transformers are used to eliminate the stray currents and the disturbances, obliging the return current to flow to the return conductor.

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