The sun., 1912-07-15
SPEED OF GERMAN TRAINS.
Not often Great-Some Ions and
Fast Runs with Few StoDs.

Fast Runs with Few StoDs.
The speed Of German passenger trains.
even of the express trains. is not usually
remarkable. The so-called Sthnellsuege
and Filziege fast trains and hurry
trains). for the first OF which an extra
charge Ia made. are both ordinarily de-
liberate in their movements. say Con-
suior and Trade Reports. and accommoda-
tion trains and locals often spend much
time bet ween stations. usually in sight Of
one another.
However, German trains usually run
on Sc the iuIc time. Tho new summer
timetable for the German State railways
systems. Just issued shows some ad-
vances in speed. principally CT course for
through trains. The fastest train in
Germany is the eo-called D-Z,ig 20. he.
tween Berlin and Hamburg. which main.
tains an average speed Of 5Si77 miles an
hour.
This throws into second place the ex-
press from Munich to Nuremberg Oeav-
ing Munich at s:i5 A. NJ. which hereto
fore has been the fastest train In Ger
many. with an average speed Of S4.p9i
miles an hour. In the third place is an
express train from Berlin to Halle. with
an average speed OF 81 929 miles an hour.
and the fourth place Ia held by the ex
press from Freiburg TO Appenweier, in
Baden. with an average speed Of 52.an
miles an hour
The best German trains frequently
cover long distances without stop and at
high rate OF speed The record in this
particular IL held by the Munich-Berlin
express for the run between Nuremberg
and Halle. . dis ance Of 1851 miles. which
is covered without stop at an average
speed OF 1910 miles an hour in spite of
the heavy grades in crossing the Thu
rinGinn Mountains.
Other long runs without stop are Berlin
TO Hamburg. 1883 miles. at an average
speed of 55 IL miles on hour; Munich to
Wur,burg. i.2.io miles. at 50. - miles an
hour. Berlin to Hanover. i57 So, at 80 80
miles an hour: Schncidemuehl TO Berlin.
l53 ~ miles. AZ 80 90 miles an hour. and
Breslau to Frankfort. on the Oder, 154. 10
miles. az so ~ miles an hour
The fastest long distance trains in
Germany are the Berlin Hanover BORT
mund express which covers 2a2 90 milea
with but three stops, az an average speed
Oi JV o. m1teS an nOur. the OOerOeTR.
Breslau- Rerlin express. 5000 miles with
four stops. at so Il miles an hour; the Berlin
k0pigsberg express. 36o6 miles with
three stops. at 20 20 miles an hour; the
Munich Berlin express. 4i9.A2 miles with
two stops. at ts7s miles an hour; the
BE rlin Frankfort on the Main express.
33i NJ miles with five stops. az a. SO miles
an hour: the Munich W urZburg Frankfort
on the Main express, 2o8 miles with four
stops NJ Il Oi miles an hour; the Berlin
Hof Munich express. AO7 miles with four
stops. a. - a3 miles an hour.
Among he indications of the commercial
growth which occurred last wear was the
increase of nearly S33, 900. 100 in the freight
traffic receipts OF the railroads compared
with 1910. The total receipts from the
freight transported on the German rail-
roads last year amounted to S4t0. .s0O. .O0o
and from passenger transportation SloS-
?OO 900. a gain of nearly 3lO.OOO.OOO. A
portion Of the increase in freight receipts
NAV be attributed to the fact that. owing
10 the low water in the navigable streams
following the dry summer. much bulky
freight normally transported by barges
was diverted TO the railways during the
autumn months. There was, however
an Offset in the fact that in order to ale
vate the distress caused by the almost
! total failure OF tho fodder crops the rail-
ways reduced the rates on many agri-
cultural products as much as 30 per cent,