. Electric railway journal . as connection leading into Boston via Newton and via the Cambridgesubway connection have been much improved. On these main surface lines terminating at Water-town, trailer cars are operated during rush hours onfour-minute headway, the normal headway being fourand six minutes. The inconvenience of the change isthus offset by the close connections scheduled betweencars; transferring is effected under safe conditionswithout the annoyance and abuses of paper checks, andflexibility of operation is enhanced. Despite the pecu-liar layout of the Watertown property, a stora
. Electric railway journal . as connection leading into Boston via Newton and via the Cambridgesubway connection have been much improved. On these main surface lines terminating at Water-town, trailer cars are operated during rush hours onfour-minute headway, the normal headway being fourand six minutes. The inconvenience of the change isthus offset by the close connections scheduled betweencars; transferring is effected under safe conditionswithout the annoyance and abuses of paper checks, andflexibility of operation is enhanced. Despite the pecu-liar layout of the Watertown property, a storage yardwith six parallel stub tracks and a main line loop havebeen completed and utilized for some months to greatadvantage. Nearly 1200 ft. of storage is available onthe stubs outside the carhouse, there also being threemain-line tracks in the yard, giving ample space forthe storage of trailer cars during normal and nighthours, as shown in the half-tone engraving. Passengers 260 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 7. BOSTON STATION IMPROVEMENTS—WATERTOWN TRANSFER STATION, SHOWING LOOP FOR MOTOR CAR AND TRAIN OPERATIONS,YARD FOX TRAILER AND OTHER STORAGE, WAITING ROOM AND SHELTER WITH FACILITIES FOR BODILY TRANSFER boarding cars outside the station in this case do so atthe nearest stops on the street in front of the carhouseentrance, no ticket office being required as the transferspace at the north end of the yard is not a prepaymentarea except as regards through traffic. In connection with the Watertown station facilities asnow operated, it is noteworthy that the MassachusettsPublic Service Commission not long since refused uponpetition of certain patrons of the road to order the com-pany to restore the former through service betweenNewton and Cambridge, the decision of the board point-ing out the advantages of the new plan of operation inrelation to the main flow of traffic in and out of Boston,the improvement of conditions at Newton Corner, andthe better control sec
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