. Electric railway journal . ileage for operation by trolley. A numberof lines have been improved in this way. One of the old lines of the New York, New Haven &Hartford Railroad, which was formerly operated by steambut has since been electrified and is now operated by trol-ley, is the one between Meriden and Middletown, which waselectrified during 1908. This affords a remarkable illustra-tion of successful adaptation of old steam mileage to mod-ern electric railway operation. In the last year of opera-tion of this line by steam two trains were run daily in eachdirection on week days without an
. Electric railway journal . ileage for operation by trolley. A numberof lines have been improved in this way. One of the old lines of the New York, New Haven &Hartford Railroad, which was formerly operated by steambut has since been electrified and is now operated by trol-ley, is the one between Meriden and Middletown, which waselectrified during 1908. This affords a remarkable illustra-tion of successful adaptation of old steam mileage to mod-ern electric railway operation. In the last year of opera-tion of this line by steam two trains were run daily in eachdirection on week days without any service on Sunday, andthe total number of passengers carried during the twelvemonths was 4433. In the last fiscal year the ConnecticutCompany operated twenty-three trips in each direction onweek days and twenty-one trips in each direction on Sun-days, carrying a total of 330,250 passengers. Connecticut is a state of small area and the distancesbetween its cities and other communities are relatively short. MASSACHfSETTS. TROLLEY LINES OF THE THE NEW YORK , NEW HAVEN, AND HARTFORD RAILROAD CO. AND CF THE CONNECTICUT COMPANY : Routes Acquired to which there have been no Additions ■ Routes Doubled Tracked | » Extensions 0 Steam Roads Electrified tor Trolley Operation < Roads (Including Portions oC Main Line Equipped lor Electric Operation) Scale Of ! Electric Lty- Journal Connecticut Company—Map Showing Character and Extent of the Lines Operated by the Company of properties generally by the parent company, very few ofthe independent lines located in the central part of Connec-ticut had any physical connections. Where such a connec-tion existed, as for instance in the case of the New Havenand the Waterbury lines, double-track facilities were lack-ing, and as a result inferior service was given. Doubletrack has been added at numerous points on the system inorder to facilitate the movement of traffic. Among thenotable instances of this character are those on one
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