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Old June 21st 15, 02:07 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway
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Basil Jet wrote:
On 2015\06\21 03:01, Recliner wrote:
Charles Ellson wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jun 2015 02:41:35 +0100, Basil Jet
wrote:
IIRC Drayton Park has both fourth rail and overhead,
although obviously not for much distance.

The fourth rail might not be doing a lot unless it has been left
connected but dropped onto the sleepers as done between Harrow and
Watford.


It's certainly not a functional fourth rail, and nor would 313s connect to
a centre rail anyway.


So why aren't all of the water pipes near the GN&C corroding merrily,
which is the problem 4th rail was invented to solve?


There's plenty of third rail track in tunnels around the world and, indeed,
in London. Just think of the ELL.