RAILWAY REVENUE.
HOLIDAY TRAVELLING
MORE BOOKING DONE IN CITY.
The revenue collected by the Railway Department at the station and at the three booking offices in the city from December to January 15 was £27,181, as .-compared -with £28,895 in the excursion period of last Tear (December, 13 to January 1L) The fall in revenue repre. eente about 6 percent. While the takings at the railway station were lees in the summer holiday period this year than they were at" the old station a year.ago, the receipts at the central booking office were substantially greater. '/,.,. ' " There seems to be little doubt that the railways have been, patronised less since .the change over to.the new.etation site in November, though the results of the tallies 'of suburban traffic made before and after the change have not been made public.. ,
The increase in.business at the central booking office is undoubtedly due to the new station's being farther from the city. The holiday takings. of the other two booking offices, at Upper Symonds Street and Karangahape Uoad, show, a email decline on last year's.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 16, 20 January 1931, Page 9
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180RAILWAY REVENUE. Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 16, 20 January 1931, Page 9
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