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Old February 17th 11, 07:41 PM posted to uk.transport.london
Clive D. W. Feather[_2_] Clive D. W. Feather[_2_] is offline
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wrote:
I used to commute on the same train as an electrification safety expert.
He once explained to me that, with the original wiring plans for HS1, a
broken cable on the Northern Line could resulting in someone standing on
the platforms at Ashford International getting electrocuted.

Don't see how that could happen.

Nor do I, but I'm not the expert.

Besides ,even if you had a continous 3rd
rail all the way from say mordon to ashford the voltage drop over that
distance would be significant, probably to the point where at ashford it
wouldn't be dangerous.

I doubt it's that simple. More likely you'd get some kind of induced
voltage in the overhead that set up a standing wave or a soliton or some
other thing that doesn't decay. But I'm just guessing here.

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