New Carriages for Holiday Traffic.

In England, the summer holiday season is now at its height, and to cater for the needs of the vacationist the railways have introduced many fine new passenger carriages. Noteworthy additions to the British carriage stocks are thirty-eight new all-steel Pullmans purchased for the London-Brighton services of the Southern line, and 278 new passenger carriages put into traffic on the London and North Eastern system.

New methods of construction have been embodied in the Southern carriages, especial attention being paid to lighting, insulation and ventilation. Each carriage has a length of 68 feet 8 inches, and the total height from top of rail to roof is 12 feet 5 inches, with a total width of 9 feet. Twenty-three of the carriages each accommodate 12 first-class and 16 third-class passengers. The carriages are also equipped with a kitchen and pantry. The other fifteen Pullmans comprise first-class cars with kitchens, and third-class parlour cars. All cooking is performed by electricity. The 278 new carriages on the L. and N.E. line comprise restaurant and buffet cars, and first and third-class main-line day carriages. Five complete new train sets are included, each composed of ten day cars and two buffet cars, capable of seating 600 passengers. Alternatively, each set may be divided and operated as two distinct trains, each accommodating 300 passengers, with buffet car.