. Electric railway journal . t. long andthe maximum length of trains as prescribed by the Govern-ment is 236 ft. In New York the station platforms are 350ft. in length, except at exclusively local stations where theyare 200 ft. Eight-car trains 411 ft. in length are operated on the express tracks and five-car trains 257 ft. in length onthe local tracks. SPEED The average schedule speedon the Paris subway is about12 The maximum speedallowed under the police ordi-nance is The aver-age schedule speed on the NewYork subway for both expressand local trains was a little more than


. Electric railway journal . t. long andthe maximum length of trains as prescribed by the Govern-ment is 236 ft. In New York the station platforms are 350ft. in length, except at exclusively local stations where theyare 200 ft. Eight-car trains 411 ft. in length are operated on the express tracks and five-car trains 257 ft. in length onthe local tracks. SPEED The average schedule speedon the Paris subway is about12 The maximum speedallowed under the police ordi-nance is The aver-age schedule speed on the NewYork subway for both expressand local trains was a little more than 18 The aver-age schedule speed of express trains between BrooklynBridge and Ninety-sixth Street was about 24 , andfor the entire route traveled by the express train about The average speed of local trains for the entireroute was a little more than 15 The maximum speedwas about 40 It is thus seen that the average schedule speed on theParis subway was about half that of the express trains on. V Door ~i - SitA -67S- * f - - t


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