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12 City Railways. BERLIN.
Practical
Kirche. Luncheons and beer (generally Pilsen) may be procured at
all these cafes. Cup of coffee 25-30, 'melange' (glass of milk, coffee,
and whipped cream) 35 pf.; baskets with cakes, etc., stand on the
tables. The waiter expects 5-10 pf. per person.
Confectioners (cup of coffee 25-30, chocolate 40-50, ices
50-60 pf.). Payment is usually made at the cashier's desk; smok¬
ing allowed in special smoking rooms only. Kranzler, Unter den
Linden 25, S. side, corner of the Friedrich-Str.; Schilling, Friedrich-
Str. 209, corner of the Koch-Str., with branch at Kurfurstendamm
234; Hillbrich, Leipziger-Str. 24; Telschow, Potsdamer-Platz 3;
Miericke, Tauenzien-Str. 13; Gumpert, Kbnig-Str. 22-24; Asch-
inger, Friedrich-Str. 79a, Alexander-Platz, etc.; Lagergren, Schloss-
Platz 3 (frequented by Scandinavians). — Bullock's American
Candy Shop (ice-cream, etc.), Potsdamer-Str. 126. — Indian Tea
Rooms, Leipziger-Str. 94. — Frequented by ladies only: Salis,
Friedrich-Str. 162, and the tea-rooms in the stores mentioned on p. 31.
e. Stadtbahn and Ringbahn. Electric Elevated and
Underground Railway.
Comp. Plans opposite the title-page and at p. 13, and the Map at p. 185.
The Stadtbahn, or City Railway, built in 1874-82, is 10 M.
in length and stretches through the N. half of the inner city from
Westend-Charlottenburg on the W. to Stralau-Rummelsburg on the
E. It is connected with the Ringbahn, built in 1867-77, which
runs through the N. suburbs and makes a wide sweep round the S.
portion of the city. Trains run on the Stadtbahn from about 5 a.m.
till after midnight at intervals of 2-5 minutes, and on the Ring¬
bahn every 10-20 minutes. There are only second and third class
carriages. Fares for any 5 stations 15 and 10 pf. (monthly tickets
472 and 3 Jl), beyond that distance 30 and 20 pf. (monthly tickets
7 and 472 Jl)- No time should be lost in taking seats, as the
stoppages are extremely brief. Notice-boards indicate the point at
which second-class carriages come to a stand, the name of the sta¬
tion, and the direction in which the trains run. Passengers accident¬
ally carried past their destination may return thither without extra
charge on applying at once to the station-master.
The Stadtbahn has four tracks, of which the two northern¬
most are used for the intramural traffic and by the Ringbahn trains
(see below), while the two southernmost are traversed by main¬
line trains (see p. 1; special entrances). All four tracks are used
by the suburban trains. The stations are (from W. to E.): Char¬
lottenburg (PL G, 4), Savigny-Platz (PL G, 7), Zoologischer Gar¬
ten (PL G, 10), Tiergarten (PL R, 10), Bellevue (PL R, 14), Lehrter
Bahnhof (PL R, 18, 21), Friedrich-Strasse (PL R, 23), Bbrse (PL
R, 26), Alexander-Platz (Pl.R, 26), Jannowitz-Brucke (PI. R, 28),