British Railways: Their Passenger Services: Rolling Stock, Locomotives, Gradients, and Express SpeedsCassell and Company, limited, 1893 - 252 pages Pattinson considers railway travelling in Britain from a statistical standpoint. Particulars of the commercial speed of all the leading British lines are given, followed by a description of the locomotives at present used in express traffic, the gradients over which they run, and the actual work they perform. |
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... seconds have been either wholly or partially abolished . The reason is not far to seek nearly all our best English trains carry all classes of passengers at the present time , and the slight increase of comfort in the firsts and seconds ...
... seconds have been either wholly or partially abolished . The reason is not far to seek nearly all our best English trains carry all classes of passengers at the present time , and the slight increase of comfort in the firsts and seconds ...
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... second - class carriages are subjected to an extra express fare , in most European countries , ranging from ten to twenty - five per cent . of the ordinary fare ; and yet , even under conditions so onerous as these , the Continental ...
... second - class carriages are subjected to an extra express fare , in most European countries , ranging from ten to twenty - five per cent . of the ordinary fare ; and yet , even under conditions so onerous as these , the Continental ...
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... second - class . Some references to the fares charged are also made . This has been done because on the Continent first , second- and third - class fares are cheaper than in England in nearly every instance , and it was felt that it ...
... second - class . Some references to the fares charged are also made . This has been done because on the Continent first , second- and third - class fares are cheaper than in England in nearly every instance , and it was felt that it ...
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... second - class fares is charged for travelling in express trains ; it may , however , be re- membered that , until the revision of the passenger tariff little more than a year ago , the fares in France were the highest in Europe ...
... second - class fares is charged for travelling in express trains ; it may , however , be re- membered that , until the revision of the passenger tariff little more than a year ago , the fares in France were the highest in Europe ...
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... second class on the Hungarian State lines than third on British railways . An addition of about one - fifth to the ordinary fare is generally made for travelling by express trains . Belgium and Holland . - These two countries , though ...
... second class on the Hungarian State lines than third on British railways . An addition of about one - fifth to the ordinary fare is generally made for travelling by express trains . Belgium and Holland . - These two countries , though ...
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