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On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:20:39 +0000
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 30/11/2012 10:03, d wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:28:16 +0000
Charles wrote:
Yes :-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24772733@N05/5490835946/

Looking at the line on the left the 3rd rail presumably stops halfway
down the platform, long before the overhead starts. This was obviously
done deliberately but why? Surely it means anything electric has to be
dragged to and from the 25kv and 3rd rail sections unless the driver gets
some
speed up first and hopes for the best!


Except the right hand line has third rail at least up to the bridge the
photo was taken from. Very strange

Thats the dead end track isn't it?


The right hand line ends in a buffer stop under the bridge from which the
photo was taken. The left hand line continues as the transfer line between
the ELL and the NLL. This is currently OOU, but for it to be used there will
either have to be an AC/DC interface, or anything using it will have to be
dragged by a diseasel.

Platform numbering at Highbury & Islington is bizarre. The ELL platforms (in
the photograph) are 1 and 2. The NLL platforms are 7 and 8 (the central
island is 2 and 7). 3-6 are the low level platforms for the Victoria Line
and the Northern City (Moorgate) line.

Peter