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IV. EDUCATION AND MENTAL CULTURE IN SWEDEN.
tonr, not involving a great burden by way of equipment, is the following: Luleå
(Baltic coast of Sweden)—Jockmock—Kvickjock—Bodö (Atlantic coast of Norway).
The route followed is the valley of the mer Luleelf.
The Swedish Railways are quite on a level with the best lines on the
Continent of Europe. The carriages are roomy and comfortable. The railway officials
excel in courtesy and attentiveness. The tip system does not exist. On main
lines, sleeping and dining-cars are employed. When no dining-car is on the
train, a stop of about 20 minutes’ duration is made at some station en route to
enable passengers to get a meal. The railway refreshment rooms at snch stations
are usually very well appointed, and the catering is done in a way to suit the
Near Söderköping, in Östergötland.
convenience of travellers. Everyone is at liberty to help himself to any or all
of the numerous (at dinner some seven or eight) dishes, provided on the table,
for which a fixed charge is made irrespective of the amount consumed (price for
dinner, usually 2 kronor, inclusive of a bottle of ale and a cup of coffee). The
scale of prices for tickets on the State railways, which are the principal through
lines, are as follows: first class 8’5 öre, second class 6 öre, third class 4 öre
per kilom. (resp. I s. l’S, and 0-85 d. per mile) by express trains. For long
journeys north of Stockholm there is a tariff based on the principle of reduction
of rate for extended distance; thus, a second class ticket from Trelleborg (port
at the extreme south of Sweden, in direct mail and passenger communication
with Sassnitz, Germany) to Gellivare (north of the arctic circle), i. e., for a
distance of over 2,000 kilom. (1,250 miles), costs only 73’90 kronor (about 4 f).
— Concerning the recently established luxury-train Lappland Express, see the
special article on Railways.
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