. Electric railway journal . ways and tramwayswill be wholly underground, while the railways of thenorthern, eastern and western suburbs will be on pri-vate right-of-way and will not obstruct the streets orbe any detriment to the adjoining property. The rail-way stations have been so located that the outlyingtramways will act as feeders, and it is planned that SYDNEY RAPID TRANSIT—BIRDS-EYE VIEW, SHOWING PROPOSEDSUBWAY LOOP IN BUSINESS DISTRICT passengers can obtain daily or season tickets to coverboth railway and tramway journeys. By the unification of operations for both tramwaysand rapid-tr
. Electric railway journal . ways and tramwayswill be wholly underground, while the railways of thenorthern, eastern and western suburbs will be on pri-vate right-of-way and will not obstruct the streets orbe any detriment to the adjoining property. The rail-way stations have been so located that the outlyingtramways will act as feeders, and it is planned that SYDNEY RAPID TRANSIT—BIRDS-EYE VIEW, SHOWING PROPOSEDSUBWAY LOOP IN BUSINESS DISTRICT passengers can obtain daily or season tickets to coverboth railway and tramway journeys. By the unification of operations for both tramwaysand rapid-transit trains it is planned not only to reducethe total cost of each passenger journey by an appre-ciable amount, but in addition to cut the time of the journey very materially in many cases by more than50 per cent. The present steam-railroad suburban service to andfrom the city is, as before mentioned, to be electrifiedas part of the general plan. By this means the traincapacity of Central Station should be increased by 60. SYDNEY RAPID TRANSIT—GENERAL PLAN OF COMPLETED SYSTEM per cent, and by providing suitable rolling stock thepassenger capacity of trains could be increased 100 percent, making a total increase in capacity for CentralStation of 220 per cent and enabling 78,000 passengersto be dealt with during the rush hour instead of 24,500as at present. When it is electrified this suburban ser-vice will not terminate at Central Station, but will berouted over the City Railway through the subwayaround the business district of the city. In conse-quence, a four-track line branches off from the existingrailroad system at a point about V2 mile south of theterminal at Central Station and runs northward ap-proximately parallel to the railroad tracks to the east-ern side of the present building, where an eight-plat-form open-air station will be provided. The throughtraffic will be handled from stub end tracks, as at pres-ent, but the four-track electrified line will continuenort
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