Line section for the operation of electrically driven rail vehicles

A line section for the operation of electrically driven rail vehicles, with a track having two parallel rails, with a contact line borne by an insulator, said contact line being arranged on one side of the track in a spatial region extending parallel to the rails, wherein the contact line is intended to supply the current-collectors of the electrically driven rail vehicles with current and to support said current-collectors from underneath, and wherein the contact line and the insulator bearing the contact line are intermittently interrupted or not interrupted, wherein a support device, which is non-functional for the power supply of the rail vehicle, is arranged on the other side of the track in a second spatial region extending parallel to the rails, said support device being intended to support current-collectors of the electrically driven rail vehicles from underneath without providing current, wherein the surfaces of the contact line and of the support device, which are intended for supporting the current-collectors are situated in a plane, the separations of which, measured perpendicular to the plane from the first rail and from the second rail of the track, are equal.