. The Street railway journal . from the other subways mentioned,hut the station platforms are 330 ft. long, as compared with. ROUTE OF THE GREAT NORTHERN, PICCADILLY & liROMPTON UNDERGROUND RAILWAY 291 ft. in the Bakerloo and 325 ft. in the Central Londontubes. Power for this line will lie furnished from the greatChelsea station, which was fully described in the StreetRailway Journal of March 4, 1905. The three-phase,11,000-volt current transmitted from this station is changedto 6oo-volt direct current in sub-stations, located at Hol-loway, Russell Square and Hyde Park. The western endof the l
. The Street railway journal . from the other subways mentioned,hut the station platforms are 330 ft. long, as compared with. ROUTE OF THE GREAT NORTHERN, PICCADILLY & liROMPTON UNDERGROUND RAILWAY 291 ft. in the Bakerloo and 325 ft. in the Central Londontubes. Power for this line will lie furnished from the greatChelsea station, which was fully described in the StreetRailway Journal of March 4, 1905. The three-phase,11,000-volt current transmitted from this station is changedto 6oo-volt direct current in sub-stations, located at Hol-loway, Russell Square and Hyde Park. The western endof the line receives power from the same sub-stations whichsupply the District Railway at South Kensington and EarlsCourt. The three-core, lead-covered transmission caliles tothe new stations were supplied by the British Insulated &Helsby Cables (Ltd.). The station equipments are similarto those installed on the Baker Street & Waterloo Railwayand are of Westinghouse manufacture. The signaling system, which is of the Westinghouse elec-tro-pneumatic type, has in every signal box an illuminateddiagram to indicate autom
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