Journal Ashtead's Journal: From metro railway to rollercoaster 5
This morning, it was discovered that the earth underneath the metro tracks at Gjønnes station had shifted upwards. Picture here. The vertical alinement here used to be level -- now one track has a vertical curve like a hilltop, and the other is twisted sideways inwards towards the platform. The overhead wiring hangs in tatters -- some neighbor had seen a flash and heard a bang sometime during the night when the 750 V DC supply had shorted out --
There is a large mound of deposited rocks from a new railway tunnel that is being built nearby, and the weight of this eventually pushed the clay in the ground here downwards and made it move upwards under the metro track and Gjønnes station. This whole area is old seabed, from back when glaciers and ice had held the landmasses down.
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I'm not even sure I recognize the first VOWEL in that noun, let alone being able to place it on a map.
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Ah, clarifications in order -- This metro station, or what remains of it, since it has been destroyed, is located in southern Norway, about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) from where I live, and about 5 km (3 miles) outside the city of Oslo, towards the west. Here is Gjønnes on Google Maps [google.com] Follow the highway numbered 160 ("Bærumsveien") to the north-east and you will soon cross over into the city. Or zoom out some notches to see the greater area.
There is currently no passenger traffic on that part of the
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oops -- forgot to finish, "Bærum" would be pronounced as "ba'room" where ba as in "bash" and the vowel in "room" a bit shorter than in that English word.
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