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HOLLAND.
Railways. xxxiii
VI. Churches, Picture Galleries, and Collections.
CHURCHES are shown by the sacristans, who demand the sum of
20-25 c. from each visitor, frequently according to tariff. Except in
Limburg and North Brabant, almost all the old churches are Pro-
testant and closed except during divine service.
PicturE GALLERIES AND CoLLECTIONS are generally open from
{0 a.m. till 3, 4, or 5 p.m. They are closed on New Year's Day and
on some popular holidays. Sticks and umbrellas must be given up
at the door, but, as a rule, no charge is made for taking care of
them. The usual gratuity at private collections is 4 fi.
The traveller should be on his guard azainst spurious antiquities, which
ly nufactured in Holland. Purchasers of old furniture and silver-
e specially warned against deception and should always demand
a written guarantee of genuineness.
VII. Railways. Light Railways. Steamers.
Some of the Datch Ratuways were built by the state though
now leased to private companies, others are wholly private under-
takings. Most of t tate-constructed lines are worked by the Maat-
schappy tot E. 2 van Staats-Spoorwegen (head-ofice in Utrecht).
Of the private companies the largest is the Hollandsche Yzeren
Spoorweg Maatschappy (head - office in Amste-dam), next to which
rank the Nederlandsche Centraalspoorweg Maatschappy (head-office
in Utrecht) and the Noord-Brabant- Duitsche Spoorweg Maatschappy
(head-office in Gennep). On the three first-named railways the fares
per kilométre have hitherto been 5c. cl., 33/4c. Qnd cl., and
2'oe. 8rd cl., but after Jan. 4st, 1911, t) be reduced to 3.25 ¢.,
and 1.625 c.; while for local traffic on branch-lines and for
n main-lin2 trains indicated in the time-tables, the return-
> to b2 farther reduced to 5c., 33/4 c., and 21/5 c. per kilo-
Three of the above-mentioned companies issue in common
‘distancc-tickets’ or mileage-tickets, and after Jan. 4st, 1941, the ar-
rangement will in-lude also the fourth, the Hollandsche Spoorweg
Maatschappy. These mileage-tickets will be issued for 400, 500, or
1000 kilométres ata uniform charge per kil. of 3 ¢., 2.25 c., or 1.625 c.
(according to cl but the 400 kil. tickets will consist of two
coupons only, ea valid for a single journey. Some of the main
lines are traversed by the so-called ‘D’ trains, for a seat in which an
extra charge of 60 c. is mad for the 4st. or 2nd cl., 30 c. for the
od. cl. (for a distance of over 90 M., 4 f. 20 c., or 60 c.). Foreign
circalat tour tickets are good only for the lines expressly named
on them.
No luggasg
fare
métre,
gr is allowed free, except on international routes (comp.
p. xx). The railway-porter (besteller) receives 20-30 c. for carrying
luggage between the cab and the train. Small articles may be de-
posited in the left luggage office (10 . daily for each piece).
The Dutch railways follow Amsterdam time, which is 20 min
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