Victoria Road Crossover box
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| 2 | stacja zwrotnicowa Victoria Cross |
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| 2 | komora rozjazdowa Victoria Road |
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stacja zwrotnicowa Victoria Cross Explanation: The "box" is the shape of the station. Its function is to provide track crossover. |
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komora rozjazdowa Victoria Road Explanation: English: View from Kabaty direction platform on switch chamber of A-20 Słodowiec Warsaw Metro station. Switches and track nr 1 were used until station A-23 Młociny was opened. Polski: Widok z peronu w kierunku Kabat na komorę rozjazdową stacji A-20 Słodowiec - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Komora_rozjazdowa_sł... |
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| Reference: HS2 Reference information: To nie metro, a kolej wielkich prędkości chodzi - sprawa wielce polityczna. |
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| Reference: crossover box Reference information: High Speed 2 (HS2) main civils contractors are to begin the permanent construction of the Victoria Road crossover box. The crossover box, near to Old Oak Common in West London, will allow HS2 trains to switch tracks underground on their approach into the new superhub station. Installation of 200m of sheet piling has already been completed completed by the SCS JV (Skanska, Costain and Strabag Railways) allowing permanent works to start. The Victoria Road crossover box site is west the new HS2 Old Oak Common station site. The huge underground box structure will house a crossover track mechanism that will allow trains to switch between tracks, at up to 100km/h, on the approach to and descent from Old Oak Common station. The box will be 130m long and 24m deep with 1.5m thick diaphragm walls built with top and intermediate levels of reinforced concrete props. - https://www.newcivilengineer.com/latest/work-begins-on-hs2-c... -- HS2 innovation manager Pablo García explained: “Near Old Oak Common we’re building a crossover box. This is an underground hall that houses railway points to enable trains to arrive and depart from any of the station’s platforms - http://www.infrastructure-intelligence.com/article/mar-2019/... |
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