DUKE DRIVES TRAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 141, 17 June 1935, Page 7

DUKE DRIVES TRAIN.

LONDON TUBE RAILWAY. (British Official Wireless.) i RUGBY, June 10. The Duke of Kent in company with Lord Ashfield, chairman of the London Transport Board, inspected the school for drivers and guards of the underground railways on Friday. Later he drove three tube trains under instruction. In the first of these, owing to delay in applying the brakes, the train slightly over-ran a station before pulling up. On the second occasion, during a journey from Waterloo, there was an unusual occurrence. A defective train had been brought to a standstill in Goodge Street Station, and it became necessary for the Duke to halt his train, which was following on the same metals, and to switch off the current. The passengers, who had to alight, were not aware that the Duke was in charge of the train. The defect to the other train, which was repaired within 13 minutqs, had occurred at a quiet time of the day and caused only slight inconvenience to travellers. Th& Duke's third . journey back to Leicester Square passed without incident. His Royal Highness inspected the new station there and examined the escalators, the working of which was explained to him.