. Electric railway journal . hoose separate routes. The lower deck seats six-teen passengers longitudinally and four transversely, whilethe upper deck contains thirty-two cross seats, to whichroom for twenty standing passengers on the two platformsshould be added, thus giving a total of seventy-two passen-gers with a few extra standing places in is permitted on the upper deck. COMPARISON OF THE TWO TYPES The weight of the double-deck car for seventy-two pas- double-deck car is 594 lb., compared with 920 lb. for atwo-car train or 814 lb. for a three-car train. If the totalse
. Electric railway journal . hoose separate routes. The lower deck seats six-teen passengers longitudinally and four transversely, whilethe upper deck contains thirty-two cross seats, to whichroom for twenty standing passengers on the two platformsshould be added, thus giving a total of seventy-two passen-gers with a few extra standing places in is permitted on the upper deck. COMPARISON OF THE TWO TYPES The weight of the double-deck car for seventy-two pas- double-deck car is 594 lb., compared with 920 lb. for atwo-car train or 814 lb. for a three-car train. If the totalseating and standing capacity is compared, the double-deckcar weighs 427 lb. per passenger, the single-deck car witha trailer 462 lb, per passenger, and the three-car train 400lb. per passenger. However, while the three-car trainweighs less per passenger than the double-deck car, it occu-pies a length of 101 ft. compared with the 34-ft. 9-in. lengthof the double-deck car. Mr. Spangler believes that this comparison demonstrates. Vienna Cars—Plans of Upper and Lower Deck of Double-Deck Car with Inside Stairway that a double-deck motor car has many advantages fromthe standpoint of economy, especially as it can also haul adouble-deck trailer. The saving is particularly important inthe case where such cars can be handled by a single con-ductor, as in cities with single fares and without transferprivileges, on railways where the stops are not too frequentand, in general, on lines where the interchange of passen-gers is not excessive. The fact that the double-deck carrequires less ground area for a given capacity relievesthe streets and affords a saving in carhouse the double-deck car there are seven passengers per
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