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First of all I didn't realise that any of the mainline railways had track-source power. I thought all mainline electircs in the UK were the same as in sweden i.e. overhead cables connecting to pantagraphs.
If that is not the case, is the network rail system the same as the Underground's?
The 3rd rail on underground lines is very live! As a police officer in Central London I saw the ghastly evidence of this on a regular basis. And which is why all central London police officers know how to turn the power off before getting on to the track or going into tunnels. So a live rail on a level crossing is a recipe for disaster surely. Unless of course something about the track at this level crossing was different.
Which is why I've never seen or heard of a level crossing on the Underground until I read of this one.
Hence my query.
Last edited by JamesPB; 6th February 2009 at 22:56.
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