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I noticed there are double or triple cables for platforms 5 and 6. Is this because of the high starting current for class 390s?
It was done that way in the 1985 rebuild iircI noticed there are double or triple cables for platforms 5 and 6. Is this because of the high starting current for class 390s?
I noticed there are double or triple cables for platforms 5 and 6. Is this because of the high starting current for class 390s?
The OLE there certainly seems to cope with current EMU volumes (390s and all others); while Auto Transformer Feeding is in place between the Home Counties & Whitmore (Staffs), and between Weaver Jn & the Preston area (IIRC), the Crewe area still seems to have Return Conductors, although ATF Insulators are up and potentially awaiting wires in the Chorlton & Madeley areas to the south of Crewe.I noticed there are double or triple cables for platforms 5 and 6. Is this because of the high starting current for class 390s?
This is the correct answer.I assume it is because of OLE wires diverging at junctions just north of the road overbridge, the ends being tied off/tensioned further south.
Waiting for the new Crewe ATFeeder station to be commissioned, there are AT sectioning units at Betley Road going south towards Whitmore and Winsford going North towards WeaverThe OLE there certainly seems to cope with current EMU volumes (390s and all others); while Auto Transformer Feeding is in place between the Home Counties & Whitmore (Staffs), and between Weaver Jn & the Preston area (IIRC), the Crewe area still seems to have Return Conductors, although ATF Insulators are up and potentially awaiting wires in the Chorlton & Madeley areas to the south of Crewe.