Southend Victoria line
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Southend Victoria line by Robin Webster as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Robin Webster Taken: 30 Jul 2017
Looking in the up direction, next station Hockley. The overhead support gantries are a design relic from the 1950s when the line was electrified at 1500 V d.c. It was later changed to 6.25 kV a.c. and then 25 kV a.c.