. Electric railway journal . d to be slightly more than 2 miles,and the average distance traveled by passengers on the 10express trains studied was found to be miles and of thelater six express trains to be miles, thus indicating theextent to which the local trains get the benefit of the short- 192 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXIII. No. 5. haul passengers and also the extent of the burden of thelong-haul passengers upon the express trains. e—The average length of passenger haul on the expresstrains is gradually increasing as the road is added to andas the outlying districts becom
. Electric railway journal . d to be slightly more than 2 miles,and the average distance traveled by passengers on the 10express trains studied was found to be miles and of thelater six express trains to be miles, thus indicating theextent to which the local trains get the benefit of the short- 192 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXIII. No. 5. haul passengers and also the extent of the burden of thelong-haul passengers upon the express trains. e—The average length of passenger haul on the expresstrains is gradually increasing as the road is added to andas the outlying districts become built up. The total num-ber of passengers entering a train is a measure of its earn- through the express trains than through the local trains,due, no doubt, to the fact that the passengers will takemore trouble to avoid a crowded car in boarding an ex-press train than they will in boarding a local train, as inthe latter case most passengers travel but a short improvement could be made in more evenly. •96 th ST. North-Bound Express. ■72nd ST Arnold Report—Diagrams Showing Transfer of Passengers Between Local and Express Trains at Express Stations ing power, whereas the number of car-miles traveled bythe train is a measure of the expense involved in movingthe passengers; therefore if the number of passengers uponany train is divided by the number of car-miles made bythe train in making a trip in one direction, the result willbe the average number of passengers per car-mile, and thehigher this result the greater will be what might be calledthe earning power of the train. This ratio for the eightlocal trains shows 26 passengers per car-mile, whereas theresult from the express trains shows and passen-gers per car-mile, thus indicating that during rush hoursthe locals have an earning power equal to fully twice thatof the express trains. COMPARISON* OF LOCAL WITH EXPRESS TRAINS. Average of10 expresstrains Feb., 1908. Average of 6expres
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