The Riviera Or The Coast From Marseilles To Leghorn Including The Interior Towns Of Carrara Lucca Pisa And Pistoia With Thirteen Maps Nine Plans By Cb Black PDF Download

Excerpt from The Riviera, or the Coast From Marseilles to Leghorn: Including the Interior Towns of Carrara, Lucca, Pisa, and Pistoia Take rail from Paris to Marseilles by the "Chemins de Fer de Paris Lyon-Mediterranee," starting from their station No. 20 Boulevard Diderot. Marseilles is 5361/2 miles south from Paris. Fare, 1st class, 106 frs. 30 cents; 2nd class, 79 frs. 75 cents; 3rd class, 58 fr. 45 cents. The "Express," starting in the forenoon, does the journey in 18 hours. "The Rapide," starting in the evening, does the journey in 15 hours 23 minutes. The trains pass by Laroche, Dijon, Macon, Lyon, Valence, Avignon, Tarascon and Rognac. The longest halt the "Rapide" makes is 10 minutes at Lyon. At all the other places it stops only 5 minutes. The longest halts the "Express" makes are: 36 minutes at Dijon, and 22 minutes at Lyon; At all the other places it halts only 5 minutes. The same Company have another road to Marseilles by Melun, Montargis, Nevers, Moulins, St. Germain - des - Fosses, Clermont, Alais, Nimes and Tarascon. Distance, 5291/2 miles. Time, partly by "Express," 25 hours 5 minutes. Fare, 1st class, 104 frs. 85 cents: 2nd class, 78 frs. 60 cents; 3rd class, 57 frs. 60 cents. By this way carriages require to be changed at Nimes or Tarascon. Consult map on the end fly-leaf; but for the Biviera and Corsica use the map on the first fly-leaf at the beginning. Time-tables. - For reliable and exact information regarding the trains to Marseilles and on the French Riviera, see the official time-tables, the "Indicateur Chaix des Chemins de Fer de Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee," 8 sous, sold at all their stations and at the newspaper shops of Paris. With this little book it is unnecessary to seek information elsewhere. On the Italian Riviera use a similar book, the "Indicatore Ufficiale delle Strade Ferrate," large edition 1 fr., small edition 50mes. The Italian railway time is 55 minutes in advance of Paris time. The Sleeping Car Company of London provide a special train from London to the Riviera during the season (November to May). This train is the quickest and most comfortable. Messrs. Cook and Messrs. Gaze supply through tickets and hotel coupons. The price of seats in the Italian express trains is higher than in the ordinary trains. No luggage goes free by the Italian railways. At the end of this book are the time-tables between London and the Riviera, but for more detailed information see the Continental time-tables of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway, sent free by post in answer to letters addressed to William Forbes, Continental Manager, Victoria Station, London. Also the time-tables of the South-Eastern Railway. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."