EXPRESSES LATE.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 138, 13 June 1929, Page 7

EXPRESSES LATE.

WASHOUT ON RAILWAY.

MANAWATU LINE BLOCKED.

CLEAKED LATE LAST NIGHT

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)

WELLINGTON, Wednesday.

A washout, estimated to be I.2ft deep and 75ft in width, occurred on the railway line between Te Hero and Waikanae this afternoon, and as a result all railway traffic on the Manawatu line was dfsorganised, trains being unable to pass the spot until late to-night. The washout occurred at a time when expresses were expected from northern stations and from Wellington. It was therefore necessary to dispatch trams from Wellington to the spot and also to have a train in readiness at the other side in order to take passengers" from the Wellington-Auckland express. This express should have left Wellington at 2 p m. but it did not leave until 3 p.m. Passengers were duly transhipped at the When the Wellington-bound expresses arrived from Napier and from New Plymouth the passengers were transhipped to trains waiting on the Wellington side of the spot. Passengers from Napier arrived in Wellington at 5.30 p.m. instead of at 4 p.m., and" New Plymouth passengers shortly after 9, p.m. instead of at 0.3 p.m. ' ';, The Limited express to Auckland scheduled to leave here at 715 p.m., did not leave until 10 p.m. /The washout had then been sufficiently cleared to enable the train to pass right through It is understood that many portion* of the main road are under water, although there has been no disorganisation of traffic.