NEW RAILWAY STATION.
OVERHEAD BRIDGE PROPOSAL NOT STRUCTURALLY PRACTICABLE. (By Telegraph.—Parliamentary Reporter.) • ; WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The construction of an overhead -bridge ■'-.from the new Auckland railway station over the line to the entrance of the 1 Devonport vehicular ferry /j? not struc-.,-turally practicable. . . \ f . t . This was the answer given by. the v Hon. W. A. Veitcli, Minister of Railways, : ;-iu the House to-day to Mr.: a. Harris .- e .(Reform, Waitemata}, who had sug..•..ges.sted that a ramp.of that nature ".•should be erected. Mr. Harris said the V 4?ridge-would-confer Considerable benefits "«:i>ii the'residents of North Shore and r.t the .same time would not cost .. great .deal of moneys It would provide an '' -icldi i.ipiial entrance to the . railway "• station and bring it within easy access : of the: ferry service. , The. .work also " f couM- 'be carried put before ;tne opening ' '* of I^β-new, railway.station within the next weeks; " "[. _\ .
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 227, 25 September 1930, Page 8
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145NEW RAILWAY STATION. Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 227, 25 September 1930, Page 8
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