. The Street railway journal . FIG. 16.—UNDER THE STRUCTURE ON BULOW STRASSE The stations, with the exception of one on a curve, have theirsides enclosed and glazed, and the unusual feature of roofs com-pletely spanning both platforms and tracks (Fig. 20), evenapproaching stairs and passageways being enclosed from theweather (Fig. 14). This seems an improvement over the. FIG. 17.—INTERIOR THIRD-CLASS MOTORCAR FIG. 18.—SECOND-CLASS CAR FROM NON-SMOKING COMPARTMENT meet this objection, but Siemens & Halske, in Berlin, took nochances, ornamenting in some way every foot of the structurealong publi
. The Street railway journal . FIG. 16.—UNDER THE STRUCTURE ON BULOW STRASSE The stations, with the exception of one on a curve, have theirsides enclosed and glazed, and the unusual feature of roofs com-pletely spanning both platforms and tracks (Fig. 20), evenapproaching stairs and passageways being enclosed from theweather (Fig. 14). This seems an improvement over the. FIG. 17.—INTERIOR THIRD-CLASS MOTORCAR FIG. 18.—SECOND-CLASS CAR FROM NON-SMOKING COMPARTMENT meet this objection, but Siemens & Halske, in Berlin, took nochances, ornamenting in some way every foot of the structurealong public ways, calling in many and well known architectsto design monumental stations and bridges over the Berlin structure may seem too decorative to an American,but it was surely a judicious policy to make the entire work a FIG. 19.—END OF SECOND-CLASS CAR,WITH CIRCULAR GRAB-HANDLE ANDFOLDING SEAT ON DOOR American plan of having exposed platforms combined withwaiting rooms, for passengers use waiting rooms compara-tively little, and, with platforms completely protected from theweather, they are more ready than otherwise to take trainspromptly. The Berlin plan, then, is to have the entire stationa waiting room, the seats being sheltered from draughts by 846 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXIII. No. 23. wooden screens. Toilet rooms are unnecessary,
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