On Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:03:13 -0000, "Paul Scott"
wrote:



"Charles Ellson" wrote in message
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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...

Compatibility is not inevitably a reversable function. The shared
sections all involve some re-arrangement of the power supply and/or
signalling systems. You can e.g. send LU and NR electric stock into
Richmond but neither can take the wrong direction at Gunnersbury as
one requires power between the 3rd and 4th rails and the other
requires the power supply between the 3rd rail and one running rail.
Normal LU signalling is not intended to have traction currents flowing
in the running rails.

So exactly as I said it is not an 'insurmountable issue'.

Not if you can get a rich uncle to pay for it.

They build the NEW infrastructure to allow for third rail EMUs as well as LU
stock, and alter a section of the existing infrastructure to match.

Watford to Amersham is not an insignificant distance.

It is
all being completely resignalled anyway by 2018...