Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-14
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TRAVELLING IN NORWAY.
Railways That DO Act Interfere With
The Tourists Desire TO See The Coun.
try.

Writing Of tour through Norway. CORES
pondent of the London Times says: The tourist
will have no reason to regret his choice II he
prefers to these stage routes the railway jour-
ney from Eamsr TO Trondbem. In the opinion
OF most travellers t is the finest railwa, run I'm
the north OF Europe. Perhaps one would not
think so much Of IL IL the tram Travelled at n
rapid rate, but in point OF fact Norwegian trains
travel so slowly that YOU are able 10
take In the scenery You pass through II al
most as wei as II you were walking or driving
in carioe. Some notion may be formed
OF the rate Of travelling when I mention that an
on some lazy continental lines, IL is the custom
Tor the conductor to examine and check the
tickets 10y moving along the foot-boards from
carriage 10 carriage while the train Is going AZ
its highest speed: indeed, that is the usual way
the guards take in passing from one part of the
train TO another As YOU sit looking ont Of
your carriage window YOU are constantly being
startled oy the apparition of a conductors head.
lhe rate OF railway travelling would be cOnsid-
cred intolerable in England. bat there are some
otner things in the management of Norwegian
railways which might be adopted i'm Epcaud
with some advantage. For example there Is
hung up in every compartment of every car
rage IN the trains that run between Christiana
and Trondhiem timetable I'm large tvpe. show
ing all the stations stopped ar 10y each train and
the time OF stopping, and there is exhibited in
the same way table OF the fares
both from Christiana and from Trondhiem'
Another noteworthy point is that the train is
absolutely under the control of the conductor
Travellers can not trust themselves into any
carriage they may choose TO select; ther must
go where the conductor puts them. Neither
can they open the doors and Jump out as soon
as they reach station, or before the train has
well stopped; they must wait till the guards or
porters have opened the doors. At every STA
ton, also, there is a large thermometer showing
the temperature according to the scale OF
keaumur, which is that in use In NORWAY and
also according to the scale Of Celsius There
Is also at each station large board containing,
besides the name of the station its distance
from Christiana and from Trondhiem and IT'S
height above the level In metres Female labor
Is used on the railways TO an unusual extent.
AT several stations 1 noticed that the
carriages, outside and inside were being
Cleaned by women In one or two signal
boxes women were working the signals and at
many OF the stations girls were acting as ticket
Clerks. one custom. which Is very comforting
In hot and dusty weather, is that of carry.
ing drinking water inside the carriages
inside some OF the carriages, at least the space
usually occupied by the lamp is filed by glass
Vessei containing iced water. and with a tap and
a glass on each compartment. Another great
convenience met with on the Norwegian rail-
WAYS is that every train. or at least every mail
train Is travelling postofllce You can post letters
or post cards at every station up till the train is
slgnalled; and even after the station boxes have
peen Cleared you can post letters In the post
Office carriage of the train when Il stoDs at
every station In the side of that carriage there
is letter slip. and letters posted there are as
saIe. ana as sure OF attention. as If they were
dropped into general post office.