Metropolitan Line railway at Croxley Green
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The photograph on this page of Metropolitan Line railway at Croxley Green by Nigel Cox as part of the Geograph project.
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Metropolitan Line railway at Croxley Green
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 4 Feb 2009
Viewed from the Harvey Road bridge, and picked up against the snow of 2 February 2009, the dead straight trackwork here ends in the left bend that leads to Croxley station. The line here runs in a cutting between Gonville Avenue to the left and Frankland Road to the right. The photograph illustrates the way in which electrical power is provided to the trains. The outer and central rails are both non-running, where the former is energised at +420 volts DC, and the latter at -210 volts DC, which combine to provide a traction voltage of 630 volts DC.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.644965
Longitude
-0.44718