Copenhagen

THE JOURNEY AND THE ROUTES TO COPENHAGEN.

DANISH STEAM - FERRY

steamers everything is to be found which an exacting traveller can dem and. There are d in ing and read ing rooms, saloons for ladies and gentlem en, lavatories in compliance w ith the requirem ents of the present day. On the main deck is a sm o ­ king saloon, etc., and above the paddleboxes is a splendid prom enade deck. O w ing to the fact that the gaug e of the Danish governm en t .railways is 1.435 metres, and also ow ing to the existence of the steam-ferries, the passenger carriages of m ost countries, indeed whole trains, can be run th rough to C openhagen from abroad. The capital has often been visited by the English and Russian royal trains and by several carriages b elong ing to the International S leeping-C ar Com pany of Brussels. On the steamers between Warnemünde and Ojedser and between Kiel and Korsør as well as on the steam -ferries b e­ tween Nyborg and Korsør and between Copenhagen and Malmø convenient oppo rtun ity will be found for meals, repose, and exercise. The Danish governm en t railways have of late years p u r­ chased a num b er of new passenger-carriages, constructed on the best and latest principles and intended for the principal trains with foreign communication. The num b er of these carriages is increased every year. They are long carriages on two four-w heeled trucks, and are constructed on the Am e­ rican “Pullm an" system with an inside passage th rough the m iddle, o r on the Austrian "M ann" system w ith an inside passage along one side, or on the English com partm ent system.

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