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x. internal communications.
Dining-car.
than for shorter ones. For example, the railway fares for the following
distances are as shown as follows:
1 class 2 class 3 class
up to 10 km.......1-00 kr. 060 kr. 0’30 kr.
» 100 >.......6-50 > 3-90 t> 2-60 J
> 1000 >....... 45-00 > 27-00 > 18-00 >
besides wich there is a special additional fare of 2-50, 1-50, and
1-00 kronor for travellers by the express trains, independent of the distance
travelled. The employment of this zone-tariff has resulted in a great
increase of traffic for longer distances. —- For repeated journeys over
shorter distances, monthly and book-tickets can be had at reduced rates.
The staff which handles the traffic on the Swedish railways may at
present be reckoned at amount to about 50 000 persons, 40 000 of whom
have regular or permanent employment. About 28 000 of the above total
number are engaged on the State railways. The closest supervision over
the employees is exercised by the superintending staff of the line, which
also controls the safety and regularity of the train service, etc. The
nomination and dismissal of employees is — except in the case of high officials
on the State railways, who are appointed and dismissed by the
Government, — in the hands of the respective Boards, or the authorities
immediately subordinate to them, while, with regard to the personnel of the
private lines, the Government has not thought fit to fix any general rules for
employment except by requiring an examination conducted by specialists
as to the applicant’s capability of distinguishing between colours.
No general rules are set down with regard to the length of the working day;
but, with regard to the particularly trying and important service devolving on
the train- and shunting-staff, attempts have been made to render the service as
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