AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY.
COMPLETED IN LONDON
A short but very important electric railway has been completed between "Waterloo and City of London. At the formal opening of this road, the Duke of Cambridge made the trip from Waterloo to the city and return in ten minutes, and in commenting upon this achievement he recalled the fact that about sixty years ago he was present at the * opening of London Bridge by King William IV. When the procession crossed the river in State barges on that occasion, the possibility of the present enterprise was not dreamed of; in fact, if anyone had intimated that in sixty years he would be able to cross beneath the water he would have considered the prophet a fit candidate for the lunatic, asylum.
The'new line connects the Waterloo terminus of the South-Western Railway with the Mansion House and Bank of England, and will eventually terminate at the London Central Railway. The total length of the line is three kilometers. Trains run every five mintes, and the trip requires only five minutes. There are no locomotives. The trains consist of four carriages, and each carriage has a motor. Each train has a capacity for 200 passengers.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 6, 9 January 1899, Page 3
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200AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY. Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 6, 9 January 1899, Page 3
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