The Railplane 115 



that the occupants of the car would not 

 feel any discomfort from its abruptness. 



In comparison with the construction of 

 tube railways, the Bennie railplane system 

 seems quite inexpensive. It is estimated 

 that the cost per mile of double track for 

 the railplane would be under 20,000, 

 whilst that for underground railway works 

 out at 850,000, and even tramways cost 

 anything up to 37,000 a mile, and the 

 average surface railway at least 60,000. 



Mr. Bennie is anxious to see one of his 

 double tracks in operation between Glasgow 

 and Edinburgh, and he claims that the 

 whole of the present passenger traffic could 

 be accommodated by eight cars, which 

 would be so arranged in service that there 

 would be a departure each five minutes, 

 the journey between the two cities taking 

 only twenty minutes. 



The critic would immediately seize 

 upon the difficulty of keeping such a large 

 area of girders in proper paint condition. 

 Remembering that the Forth Bridge takes 

 a small army of men constantly at work, it 



