. The Street railway journal . reatNorthern Railway) in almost less time thanthe elevators can be filled, lowered and electric elevators at Moorgate Street andEssex Road were supplied by Easton & Com-pany, of Erith. Those at Finsbury Park hadto be modified, in view of the small head room,and are electro-hydraulic. They were sup- point for the accommodation of therolling stock. Originally it was in-tended to effect physical connectionhere with the Great Northern Rail-way. The act of 1892 gave poweusfor such connection, but after ex-tended negotiations with the GreatNorthern Railway
. The Street railway journal . reatNorthern Railway) in almost less time thanthe elevators can be filled, lowered and electric elevators at Moorgate Street andEssex Road were supplied by Easton & Com-pany, of Erith. Those at Finsbury Park hadto be modified, in view of the small head room,and are electro-hydraulic. They were sup- point for the accommodation of therolling stock. Originally it was in-tended to effect physical connectionhere with the Great Northern Rail-way. The act of 1892 gave poweusfor such connection, but after ex-tended negotiations with the GreatNorthern Railway Company it wasdecided that Finsbury Park stationwould be incapable of handling thelarge number of Great Northern andother trains coming from the northand south, as well as the trains fromthe new line without seriously inter-fering with the Great Northernmain line traffic. To meet this diffi-culty the Great Northern RailwayCompany offered to find the moneyfor the connection to Finsbury Parkstation, which is now the northern. DRAYTON PARK STATION ON THE SURFACE 342 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIV. No. 10. plied by the Chester Engineering Hydraulic AND PLATFORMSAll of the station stairways and passages are unusually wide,to prevent congestion. The terminal station platform is 450 , and the other stations 420 ft., allowing ample margin forthe trains and their possible lengthening should the trafficdemand it. MEANS FOR LESSENING NOISEA novelty in connection with the construction of the tunnels
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