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The trains are powered by electric motors. Electricity is provided to the trains via the third rail, an electrified rail which runs along the tracks parallell to the "running rails" (which actually guide the train) and the trains have runners which transmit the electricity to their motors inside.

Whereas mainline railways tend to have one third rail, the London Underground actually has two.

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