. Principles of railroad transportation . H o 5 o < H i-3 •<BS zo. u as 2 U a =3 72 RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION is equipped with street entrances and exits so that passengersmay enter and leave without passing through the stationbuilding. The design of the waiting rooms in passengerstations depends upon the character of the traffic to beaccommodated. The South Station at Boston is used bymore passengers in a single year than any other stationin the United States, but since the traffic consists to a largeextent of suburban residents there is less need for extensivewaiting rooms than in railwa
. Principles of railroad transportation . H o 5 o < H i-3 •<BS zo. u as 2 U a =3 72 RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION is equipped with street entrances and exits so that passengersmay enter and leave without passing through the stationbuilding. The design of the waiting rooms in passengerstations depends upon the character of the traffic to beaccommodated. The South Station at Boston is used bymore passengers in a single year than any other stationin the United States, but since the traffic consists to a largeextent of suburban residents there is less need for extensivewaiting rooms than in railway stations where a relativelylarge proportion of the traffic is made up of through pas-sengers changing from one line to another and consequentlyneeding a place in which to wait for trains. In the Chicagoand Northwestern Station at Chicago, for instance, wherelarge numbers of persons wait daily for connecting trains,very extensive facilities are provided for their accommoda-tion, including such conveniences as a laundry for theuse of immigrants, an emergency hospital,
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