. Electric railway journal . tem is the new Stadium station, in. Cambridge, which isutilized by the company in connection with the handlingof traffic at times of football games or other athletic eventsof Harvard University conducted in the Stadium or uponSoldiers Field. More than 35,000 spectators frequentlyattend a single game during the football season, and the. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLI, No. io. handling of the extra traffic at such times has been a taskof some difficulty on account of the extensive use whichhas had to be made of surface cars. With the opening ofthe Cambridge subwa
. Electric railway journal . tem is the new Stadium station, in. Cambridge, which isutilized by the company in connection with the handlingof traffic at times of football games or other athletic eventsof Harvard University conducted in the Stadium or uponSoldiers Field. More than 35,000 spectators frequentlyattend a single game during the football season, and the. ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLI, No. io. handling of the extra traffic at such times has been a taskof some difficulty on account of the extensive use whichhas had to be made of surface cars. With the opening ofthe Cambridge subway and the establishment of new car-house facilities for its trains near Harvard Square, Cam-bridge, an opportunity was afforded for the building of aspecial station for occasional use only on the easterly side of entrance and exit platforms and a ramp at the head ofwhich a main entrance and exit are located. The platforrrelevel is equal to that of the car floors, or 3 ft. 11}^ the top of the rail. The street outside the platformis above the latter, so that the exits are arranged to openoutward from landings 6 ft. wide and 17^2 ft. long carriedon concrete posts 4 ft. 6 in. above the unloading and r,-Ffre Box (For Hose)4-0 above floor
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