Examples of third rail

• The system's popularity among voters is so great, that many perceive program reform as tantamount to touching the ' ' third rail ' ' of politics.

• I believe that we must all get to work on concluding this third rail package.

• The train's collector shoes, which collect traction current from the third rail, were damaged and the train immobilised.

• By merely adding a third rail you cannot possibly alter the appearance of a railway.

• In that instance, it would be inconvenient to operate two different systems, and there the third rail system will be continued.

• Should children walk off the footway they could come into contact with the electrified third rail.

• We will be presenting the third rail package for passenger transport.

• There is no question that without effective protection much wild life is destroyed by this third rail.

• It maintains carriages which are run on the third rail.

• Otherwise, snow by itself is not a very serious difficulty in the way of the use of the third rail.

• It is essential that this third rail package is not derailed and that it arrives at its destination.

• The fact that we have now had a third rail crash with multiple fatalities in little more than three years is a matter of considerable concern to us all.

• Electric current is delivered to the trains over a third rail.

• Electrification of the freight network, whether by third rail or overhead lines, was impractical.

• The trains are electrically powered, usually by third rail, and their railroads are separate from other traffic, usually without level crossings.