Electric railway journal (1909) (14738514656)

Identifier: electricrailway341909newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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approximately in. toFriedrich Street. The stations on the Leipziger Street every 150,000 passengers per day. As explained, thesubway will be 220 ft. to 250 ft. long, to accommodate three dotted lines indicate the proportion of traffic which will be 364 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. rVoL. XXXIV. No. 10. taken by the Leipziger Street subway and the width of thesolid lines the proportion of remaining surface car trafficafter the subway is built. About 70 per cent of the presenttraffic goes to Leipziger Street, while the remaining 30per cent is through travel. The average daily number ofcars, with or without trailers, passing Potsdamer Placebetween 6 a. m. and 10 p. m varies between 4800 and 4900, NEW ENGLAND BY TROLLEY The Hartford & Springfield Street Railway has issueda large map in three colors entitled New England byTrolley and is circulating also for advertising purposes afolder on which this map is reproduced in smaller size.The accompanying illustration shows the map as circulated
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fonlud£t~ Map of Trolley Lines in New England States to which must be added some 4500 omnibuses and heavytrucks and 20,000 cabs and other light vehicles. The Unter den Linden tunnel is to have two tracksthroughout. It will not only serve to facilitate throughservice between the eastern and western portions of Ber-lin, but may also act as a relief to the other tunnel shouldtwo tracks eventually be used for through service. by the company. It is believed that it will be effective asan advertisement to induce long-distance trips by electricrailways in New England. Thomas C. Perkins, vice-presi-dent of the company, has been active in a movement de-signed to arouse interest in long-distance trolley trips. In the folder, photographs of various scenes in theplaces reached are reproduced. The approximate running September 4, 1909.) ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. 365 time and fares by trolley between New York and Portland,Maine, and intermediate points are given as follows: New York City Hall to:

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