Main line · 25 kV overhead, contact wire 15 ft 5 in (4.7 m)
London Underground, deep tube · fourth rail · platform 1 ft 8 in (520 mm)
Trains in service, drawn to one scale and moving at real speeds: an express passes at its top speed. The time at a platform is shortened.
33 ft (10 m)Where the platform, wire and rail heights come fromShow the 8 sources from Transport for London, Network Rail, Mott MacDonald for the Department for Transport and 4 more
A Guide to Overhead ElectrificationNetwork Rail and Scotland's Railway (prepared by Alan Baxter), October 2021, p. 12masts about 164 ft to 197 ft (50 to 60 m) apart
Rolling Stock Information Sheets (4th edition)Transport for London (released under FOI-0237-2223), pp. 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 18, 20sliding doors, externally hung: the 1992, 1995, 1996, 2009, S7 and S8 Stocks; the 1973 Stock's (p. 4) only 'sliding'
Not yet checked against a primary source: the masts' height, width and spacing come from consultants' guides written for Network Rail and the DfT, not a Network Rail standard.
Not yet checked against a primary source: the catenary wire's 4 ft 3 in (1.3 m) above the contact wire is the guide's typical figure; its droppers aren't drawn, as no spacing was found.
Not yet checked against a primary source: the tube platform's 1 ft 8 in (520 mm) comes from London Reconnections, not yet from a TfL document.
Not yet checked against a primary source: tube trains brake at 1.0 m/s2 in the scene: inside the S Stock's range; no figure was found for the tube stocks themselves.
Not yet checked against a primary source: tube trains pull away at 1.0 m/s2 in the scene: an estimate, as no published figure was found.
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163 types and counting: 101 in service, 6 on order, 56 withdrawn. Every train in service drawn, all to the same scale. Two cars of each are shown here.
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