. The Street railway journal . MAP SHOWING BIRMINGHAM AND POTTERIES TRAMWAYSYSTEM. MAP OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH SCOTLAND, SHOWING LOCA-TION OF LARGE SCALE TRAMWAY AND RAILWAY MAP lion of the railways in the United Kingdom is in the neighbor-hood of $7,000,000,000. Besides being hampered by this enormous capitalizationthere are great difficulties to be faced in operating suburbantraffic electrically, owing to the lack of terminal facilities tohandle even the long-distance traffic. The extension of aterminus is an expensive operation; the London, Brighton &South Coast Railway Company is spending ove
. The Street railway journal . MAP SHOWING BIRMINGHAM AND POTTERIES TRAMWAYSYSTEM. MAP OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH SCOTLAND, SHOWING LOCA-TION OF LARGE SCALE TRAMWAY AND RAILWAY MAP lion of the railways in the United Kingdom is in the neighbor-hood of $7,000,000,000. Besides being hampered by this enormous capitalizationthere are great difficulties to be faced in operating suburbantraffic electrically, owing to the lack of terminal facilities tohandle even the long-distance traffic. The extension of aterminus is an expensive operation; the London, Brighton &South Coast Railway Company is spending over a millionsterling to improve its station and the approach to it at Vic-toria. The question of suburban traffic in and around London is oneof great interest, and much may be expected from the com-bination of tube, shallow tunnel, and surface railways whichhave been amalgamated by Mr. Yerkes, and which will mostprobably be in operation within the next two years. The chiefimportance of this system lies in the close connection whichexists between the Metropolitan District Rai
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