AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 80, 6 April 1926, Page 5

AFTER THE HOLIDAYS.

PEOPLE GETTING HOMEWARDS

SETTLING DOWN TO WORK,

VERY HEAVY TRAM TRAFFIC.

Easter tide this year lias been favoured with fairly good weather as far as Auckland has been concerned. There has been a large influx of visitors, and the streets have had an animated appearance. At the season of the year just passed there is always plenty of entertainment in the Queen" City of the North, its natural attractions and surroundings alone being responsible for drawing crowds from the great wealth of country behind it. People are never tired of coming here and many return again and again. Access is so easy and not much time is lost in getting to Auckland.

On inquiries being made by a "'Star"' representative it was learned that both inwards and outwards traffic on all services had been heavy. Last night, for instance, the three expresses which left for Wellington were filled. The 5.40 p.m. special had 10 cars attached, and every seat was taken. This morning the daylight Limited for Wellington was -.veil filled, most of the passengers being for stations this side of Taiimarunui, the greater majority travelling to Frankton. For some considerable time this particular train has carried few passengers. During holiday times, however, she generally arrives at Auckland ai 11 o'clock at night fairly full' with what railway officials call "'local travellers.' . That is to say it is mainly used by passengers wishing to travel from Frankton or Taumarunui to Auckland.

This morning's Thame? and Rotorua expresses took away their full quotas, and the same remark applies to the Whangarei express.

When the early morning trains arri\ to-day, platforms were crowded with Aucklanders who were coming back to work. The train from Mercer was a long one, and instead of getting in at 8.51, it was 9.20 before her passengers disembarked. All were carrying suit cases or Attache cases, showing that quite a number of city folk had been spending their Easter vacation in the near country districts.

There will be three Main Trunk expresses for Wellington this evening, and, judging by the bookings, they will be heavy traine. Frankton passengers will have to travel by the S.4Q p.m. special express to Wellington.

Tram traffic has been particularly heavy throughout the holidays, and the City Tramway authorities had to call on every available car. To give some indication of the number of people carried, it is only necessary to mention that yesterday the {.rams conveyed approximately ' 17,000 passengers to the racecourse and back to the city.

From Thursday up till last night the whole of the tram traffic during the holidays had been handled without an accident.