17-04-2017, 10:18 AM
From pictures I've seen, the shape as viewed from the front is identical to the Shenfield electrics but they were 3-car sets of open plan coaches with a combination of transverse and side facing seats and air operated sliding doors.
If you looked, you could see there the original 1,500V pantograph had been after they were converted to 6.25kV/25kV operation - Liverpool Street station and the lines out of it through heavily built up areas was operated at 6.25kV whilst the country areas were 25kV.
Dual voltage trains are no longer required as the entire line is now 25kV - it always amazes me to see how little clearance there is on many underbridges and at Liverpool Street itself where the fresh air under the station canopy was sold off during redevelopment and a concrete raft supporting a shopping area now sits across the tracks!
If you looked, you could see there the original 1,500V pantograph had been after they were converted to 6.25kV/25kV operation - Liverpool Street station and the lines out of it through heavily built up areas was operated at 6.25kV whilst the country areas were 25kV.
Dual voltage trains are no longer required as the entire line is now 25kV - it always amazes me to see how little clearance there is on many underbridges and at Liverpool Street itself where the fresh air under the station canopy was sold off during redevelopment and a concrete raft supporting a shopping area now sits across the tracks!
