. The Street railway journal . the city by electricity. It is only after such an accidentas that which happened recently that the New York Cen-tral and the other lines which come into this station havebeen forced to decide on electrification. Some idea of the enormous burden which our railwaycompanies have to bear may be gained by the following [Vol. XX. No. 14. figures, taken from the Board of Trade returns, and apply-ing up to the end of the year 1900. At the time the capi-talization of the railways of the United Kingdom was£1,176,001,890. The annual gross receipts were £104,801,-858, the ra
. The Street railway journal . the city by electricity. It is only after such an accidentas that which happened recently that the New York Cen-tral and the other lines which come into this station havebeen forced to decide on electrification. Some idea of the enormous burden which our railwaycompanies have to bear may be gained by the following [Vol. XX. No. 14. figures, taken from the Board of Trade returns, and apply-ing up to the end of the year 1900. At the time the capi-talization of the railways of the United Kingdom was£1,176,001,890. The annual gross receipts were £104,801,-858, the ratio of operating expenses to receipts 62 per cent and the average interest on the paid-up capital percent. The total miles of route open were 21,855, °f which12,162 had two or more tracks, and 9693 were single track,and the total number of passengers carried, exclusive ofseason ticket holders, was nearly one passenger per poundsterling of capitalization. Adding the number of season STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. Charing Cross. Swanley June. Hayes Cray SOUTH-EASTERN & CHATHAMRAILWAY. CITY TERMINAL OF THE SOUTHEASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY
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