RAILWAY 'ELEOTRIFICATION.
The directors of the Lancashire <fijijjjj YoAshire Railway Company hay* to introduce electricity as the motive on the portion fd their system < naM flH
lW Ihwpool and Southporfc. Tbe line extend* l_? toJBi miles, and serves a long string of IK aetfide residential districts, including AinsW S/Freshfield, Formby, Hightown Hall RP' Blundell Sands, Waterloo, Seat oath, | r «a_t Lithcrland. It ia expected (says the ? tjatsdon paper) that the new service will i< be in operation within the next nine t~" uonths. The system to be adopted is fr laconically known as the "th rd-rail" sys- *?- -gel. The conversion will not necessitate " '■ gsf alt-ration of the existing lines, but Juf «tt__id rail will be laid between the metals -. to transmit the electric current to the ttains. A service of tra-ns every two fg three jmi-utes will be maintained. The uf trams ""ill most probably be on the corridor principle. The goods traffic will jb« carried as at present by steam power.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11483, 16 January 1903, Page 4
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162RAILWAY 'ELEOTRIFICATION. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11483, 16 January 1903, Page 4
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