. Railway age . cparate platform. Such an ar-rangement would necc-HBarlly contemplate Bome Inconvenience toilio paBnengi-rB transferring from one service to the other, and theadoption of the separate platform Idea would make Impossible theuse of the Uland platforms which, under present arrangements,often serve both the express and the lo. al trains, an arrangf-ment CAK WITH SIbK bOOBS (ruB rCTlICE SLBWAys). Figure 11. Crotf 8eal» Bark to Back, tclth Oii« Aitle. (80 geau.) This design has the advantage of one aisle Instead of two. andU 18 In. wider than the pnsent car, thus at once lucre
. Railway age . cparate platform. Such an ar-rangement would necc-HBarlly contemplate Bome Inconvenience toilio paBnengi-rB transferring from one service to the other, and theadoption of the separate platform Idea would make Impossible theuse of the Uland platforms which, under present arrangements,often serve both the express and the lo. al trains, an arrangf-ment CAK WITH SIbK bOOBS (ruB rCTlICE SLBWAys). Figure 11. Crotf 8eal» Bark to Back, tclth Oii« Aitle. (80 geau.) This design has the advantage of one aisle Instead of two. andU 18 In. wider than the pnsent car, thus at once lucreaslog IbeposHlbIc Beating capacity, and this general arrangement of seatswill, therefore, be found the most efficient way to carry out thepolicy of attempting to provide a seat for every long haul free space between the Keats has been Increased to 30 In. In anattempt to provide room for the passengers entering and lesvlnsthe car to pass by the seated passengers with the minimum amountof annoyance. Fig. 12—Car for Future Subways With Mult! Side Doors and the Illinois Central Type of Seat, 68 Seats. which contributes greatly to the convenience of those using privilege. To make the changes necessary to provideseparate platforms for the present subway and at the same timekeep the trains In operation on a schedule which calls at frequentIntervals for a train on each of the four tracks every two minutes,would be so dlfflcult as to make its cost unjustifiable, and the sug-gestion, therefore, can only be used in considering an entirely newsubway. These remarks apply as well to the straightening of theplatforms. The curves of the present platforms would seriouslyinterfere with the operation of the multl side-door car. Slidingplatforms, or extension platforms on the cars, to correct this defectare at best complicated and unsatisfactory expedients, and as longas with future subways a different station arrangement and sepa-latc platforms would be necessary to
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