RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 164, 13 July 1929, Page 19

RAILWAY TRAVELLING.

MORE RAPID SERVICE.

CHANGE IN METHODS,

— (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") WELLINGTON, this day.. More rapid service will be offered the community by ths Railway Department as a result of the latest change in departmental methods.

The creation. of a new type of-index for through bookings which has been circulated for the first time this week is hailed by departmental officers-as disposing of many old disadvantages. It will now be possible for railway officers to offer prompt service in dispatch of passengers or goods between any two places in the Dominion. Motor, steamer arid launch fares are all incorporated along with the railway fares, and railwaymen can even arrange for the booking of steamers a,nd launch passages. A special section, of the book is devoted to an elaborate code which covers all conceivably methods of ■ travelling. -

Another advantage of the new list is that it overcomes an .old difficulty of the Department—the frequent changes in steamer and carriers' freight rates which up till now have made it difficult to keep through booking lists up to date. The new list is printed with special thumbscrew attachments, and is on a loose-leaf system, so that when changes occur a special page can be printed and the whole book brought into line with altered rates of freight in an easy and rapid manner.