. The Street railway journal . FIG. 12.—INTERIOR PLACE DE LETOILE STATION,TROCADERO BRANCH as it concerns the great show, lies in the facility it has pro-vided for visiting the annex at Vincennes, an extremelyinteresting section, but little known by the general public. The first stop after leaving the Porte Maillot terminal isat the Champs Elysees station, this being one of theprincipal entrances to the Exposition, close to the Palacesof Fine Arts and the splendid Alexander III. bridge. Theillustration (Fig. 13) shows the style of entrance and exit,no structure being allowed, other than the si
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 12.—INTERIOR PLACE DE LETOILE STATION,TROCADERO BRANCH as it concerns the great show, lies in the facility it has pro-vided for visiting the annex at Vincennes, an extremelyinteresting section, but little known by the general public. The first stop after leaving the Porte Maillot terminal isat the Champs Elysees station, this being one of theprincipal entrances to the Exposition, close to the Palacesof Fine Arts and the splendid Alexander III. bridge. Theillustration (Fig. 13) shows the style of entrance and exit,no structure being allowed, other than the signboard, tostand above the street level, except when the station is out-side what may be called the select part of the city, as at theBastille and beyond. The Champs Elysees station isgraced on the outside by majestic lions on pedestals, butthese adornments are actually part of the architectural. FIG. 14.—INTERIOR OF CHAMPS ELYSEES STATION,SHOWING EXITS decoration of the Exposition gates leading to the twoPalaces of Fine Arts, of which the larger one is visible inpart. The interior of the Champs Elysees station may beseen in Fig. 14, which shows a decoration of French tri-color flags for the opening festival. In the distance theelectric lights dotting the sides of the tunnel show the 802 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XVI. No. 35. curve of the line toward the Etoile, the absence of smokeallowing a clear view along the track. For the illumina-tion of the station both arc and incandescent lamps areused, the current being taken from the power supplymains. The ticket office of this station is of the same typeas those used throughout. Entrance is obtained by stone rails are used nearly 50 ft. long, weighing 106 lbs. per yard,and for the conductor a third rail, double headed, weighingnearly 79 lbs. The track rails are laid on metal ties 7 \ ins. in length, spaced about 36 ins.
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