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Also very few level crossings due to a live 3rd rail on many lines. Crossing tracks safely and legally can be a many mile detour.
by kersplody 5y ago
Also very few level crossings due to a live 3rd rail on many lines. Crossing tracks safely and legally can be a many mile detour.
- blibble 5y agoonly a relatively small percentage of the UK network is electrified using a third rail (it is essentially a deprecated technology) regardless, level crossings work perfectly well: they simply have a gap in the electrified rail over the crossing (and the train is longer than the gap) if you look closely here you can see it: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ashtead-renewals.jpg https://www.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ash...