Captain Bigwig
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On Saturday I traveled from Didcot to Gatwick changing at Reading and I was amused to realise that the platform my train was departing from at Reading (Platform 6) was electrified with a third rail while the platform immediately next to it (Platform 7) had overhead electrification.
So here comes the inevitable trivia question: are there any other stations in Britain that have both third rail and overhead electrification? And if so where are they? Bonus points if there are any other examples of adjacent platforms with different types of electrification.
I'm guessing there can't be very many as you need places where a third rail network meets an overhead network. Possibly at Liverpool?
So here comes the inevitable trivia question: are there any other stations in Britain that have both third rail and overhead electrification? And if so where are they? Bonus points if there are any other examples of adjacent platforms with different types of electrification.
I'm guessing there can't be very many as you need places where a third rail network meets an overhead network. Possibly at Liverpool?