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Identifier: electricrailway541919newy (find matches)
Title: Electric railway journal
Year: 1908 (1900s)
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Subjects: Electric railroads
Publisher: (New York) McGraw Hill Pub. Co
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umerals with plus marks. The Constantinople(Turkey) receipt (No. 21) is worth a fixed amount andis good both for first and second-class travel, giving a right to ride on longer zones in the second than in thefirst. The Berne-Worb (Switzerland) tickets (No. 22)are duplexes; the conductor must punch both partsunder the eyes of the passenger and tear off the checkpart, putting it into a sealed box which he carries andwhich will be opened upon his return to the carhouse.The Lyons (France) ticket (No. 23) is a simple ride-limit receipt; the Lyons Omnibus & Tramways Com-pany uses a special time printing stamp for cancelingtransfers. As for the Tokyo (Japan) Omnibus ticket, it may beunderstood that it contemplates the fixing of zones;but as it happens to be, well, plain Japanese to thewriter, he will be glad to give up its full interpretationto some of his more learned readers. The Graduated Fare at Brisbane, Australia By J. S. BADGER , Managing- Diiector Bi-isbane Tramways Company, Ltd.
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BRISBANE TRAMWAYS AND SECTION POINTS Mr. Badger Says That the Adoption of the UniversalFare Would Provoke a Riot! In 1918, CollectionsWere 45.15 Cents Per Car-Mile With 60 PerCent of the Riders Paying Only 2 Cents Each IWANT to emphasize first that the section fare sys-tem, as in operation in Brisbane, Sydney, and Englishand Continental towns is, strictly speaking, differentfrom the zone (central area) system as discussed inAmerica. The section system simply means that thepassenger pays according to the distance that he travels.Certain points called section points or stationsare established with a uniform fare of Id. (2 cents)between any two points. We endeavor to make thesesections or stages as nearly 1 mile in length as practi-cable, but in order to locate these at points where trafficnaturally concentrates there is necessarily some vari-ation. The general rule in Brisbane and Sydney isthat the outlying or suburban sections are rather longerthan in the center of the city in what is

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