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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 562, 17 July 1909, Page 12

■ The steady :progress in tho speed; comfort, , and Safety of London travel is strikingly exemplitied by the improvomonts on tho' Loudoii Briilgo to Victoria section of tho Lbiidon, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, which is beiiig; electrified) and should bereadyfor traffic in August. ....-The system employed is the.overhead, high tension, single phase,,alternating current, and tho company is very .optimistic as to tho result of-their attempt to regain tho suburban traffic taken from them by tbto tramways and motor onlnibuses, . While it takes a tranicar about thirty-five minutes to'journey from Victoria ot Loridoit Bridge- Denmark Hill, by tho hew' train service the distance; is, covered in eloVen minutes. ■" The ! coaches are most luxurious,' being: built on the corridor system of the grout railway companies,' each coach being divided into eight; compartments, each with its own doors', thus facilitating the exit -and' entrance of passengers. There, are only two classes—,i first and third—and each c.ompartlr.ont will bo lighted by four ten-caiidle power electric lamps. ~ . . . . .;:;_/■" ;;■,•.■