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Old November 12th 11, 12:09 AM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
Neil Williams Neil Williams is offline
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Default Decision on rail link due before Christmas

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:36:54 -0000, "Paul Scott"
wrote:
Not an insurmountable issue though, as seen on the Bakerloo and

District,
and the new S stock has apparently been built to allow use on the

raised
third rail supply voltage that NR are about to provide around

London...

The difference is the infrastructure, not the trains. The Bakerloo
"shared" bit is +660 outer, 0 inner, so works for both. The Tube
proper including the Met is +440 outer, -220 inner, so no good for
third rail EMUs. Or something like that.

Neil

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