Alternating-current cable system comprising single-conductor cables (1, 2, 3) which are insulated with plastics material and which are provided with a metal cable shield having a transposition circuit, the alternating-current cable system and the single-conductor cables (1, 2, 3) being sub-divided into three sub-portions (A1, A2, A3) and the sub-portions (A1, A2, A3) being delimited by means of separation locations in which the cable shield ends (4.1, 4.2, 4.3) of the single-conductor cables (1, 2, 3) are separated and accessible, characterised in that • in a first sub-portion a compensation cable is associated in a closely adjacent manner with a first single-conductor cable and in a third sub-portion a compensation cable is associated in a closely adjacent manner with a third single-conductor cable parallel with the sub-portions (A1, A2, A3), respectively, the compensation cables being located one behind the other and having a shorter length (x) than the single-conductor cables (1, 3), • and in that each compensation cable which is adjacent to a single-conductor cable (1, 3) in the first and in the third sub-portion (A1, A3) is connected with the first end (b, g) thereof to the open cable shield end (4.1, 4.3) of the closely adjacent single-conductor cable (1, 3), • and the connected compensation cables are earthed (a, h) at the second end thereof in each case via a neutral path cable, • and in that, in a second sub-portion two compensation cables are associated with the second single-conductor cable in a closely adjacent manner parallel with the second sub-portion in such a manner that each adjacent compensation cable is connected with the first end thereof to an open cable shield end (d, e, 4.2) of the second single-conductor cable in the second sub-portion, and in that a first and a second neutral path cable is associated with the two compensation cables in the second sub-portion and connected thereto, the compensation cables having a shorter length (x) than the second single-conductor cable and • the first neutral path cable being connected in the second sub-portion to the open cable shield end (c, 4.1) of the first single-conductor cable in the first sub-portion and the second neutral path cable being connected in the second sub-portion to the open cable shield end (f, 4.3) of the third single-conductor cable in the third sub-portion at the other end, respectively, and arrangements of compensation cables and neutral path cables being repeated in a similar manner with cyclical transposition of the association of phases and single-conductor cables (1, 2, 3) in each sub-portion (A1, A2, A3). • in a first sub-portion a compensation cable is associated in a closely adjacent manner with a first single-conductor cable and in a third sub-portion a compensation cable is associated in a closely adjacent manner with a third single-conductor cable parallel with the sub-portions (A1, A2, A3), respectively, the compensation cables being located one behind the other and having a shorter length (x) than the single-conductor cables (1, 3), • and in that each compensation cable which is adjacent to a single-conductor cable (1, 3) in the first and in the third sub-portion (A1, A3) is connected with the first end (b, g) thereof to the open cable shield end (4.1, 4.3) of the closely adjacent single-conductor cable (1, 3), • and the connected compensation cables are earthed (a, h) at the second end thereof in each case via a neutral path cable, • and in that, in a second sub-portion two compensation cables are associated with the second single-conductor cable in a closely adjacent manner parallel with the second sub-portion in such a manner that each adjacent compensation cable is connected with the first end thereof to an open cable shield end (d, e, 4.2) of the second single-conductor cable in the second sub-portion, and in that a first and a second neutral path cable is associated with the two compensation cables in the second sub-portion and connected thereto, the compensation cables having a shorter length (x) than the second single-conductor cable and • the first neutral path cable being connected in the second sub-portion to the open cable shield end (c, 4.1) of the first single-conductor cable in the first sub-portion and the second neutral path cable being connected in the second sub-portion to the open cable shield end (f, 4.3) of the third single-conductor cable in the third sub-portion at the other end, respectively, and arrangements of compensation cables and neutral path cables being repeated in a similar manner with cyclical transposition of the association of phases and single-conductor cables (1, 2, 3) in each sub-portion (A1, A2, A3).