Re:California bullet train cost surges by $2.8B
by robin_reala on Thursday January 18, 2018 @03:44AM
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Plenty of third rail in the south of England, they just stop the rail before level crossings and start it again afterwards.
It would be... unpopular... to have an electrified third rail, at ground level, that you have to step directly over at a station or running directly through a city street. Somebody would surely trip on it or it could get touched by a little kid.
Third rail systems are usually only used when the tracks are physically inaccessible to passengers or other pedestrians.