MAIN TRUNK LINE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18242, 28 November 1924, Page 9

MAIN TRUNK LINE.

A FASTER SERVICE. ■['. (MISS ASSOCIATION TSLXQHIV.) WELLINGTON, November 27. •Some indication of the time-table fafTtliS Lindted express servioe between Wellington and Auckland can now be liven, although the arrangements are |bt ypt finalised. It ia expected the Limited will leave Auckland at 7.10 arriving in Wellington at 9,35 Is, nest day. A corresponding timem will be observed from Welling? too. to Auckland. The Limited wi}} thug take 3J hours less than the present express, and will stop only at T&nmarnnui, Qhakune, Taih*W} sla?ton, and Palmergton North, ImS time-table will be put in operaftw p.??t month, although the date 'Wtp be fixed. He gap pf intermediate stations at Jlffpt served by the oppress it is WPWed to fill by starting the express %R Auckland at 7.65 a.rp-, reaching 7.siflgtan about 16 hours later, two Better than the present express, ?l#lWy a similar express will run •jjjlly'from the Wellington end. This jive a daylight trip through the •WM® poiWon of the rontp, JPMIe emphasising that this timet|%;hjd not yet been approved, Mr jwes discussed the many advantage? "Wfed by the Limited service. The ®pj[ tvas the saving of time. It only a matter of hour? •Ksd Oft the -jpurney, but travelling *su}d bci done at night out of business "WW* which, with the proposed proviJW of wore and. better sleepers, would Hppsat in sleep. Arriving in either in thp morning, a business man Wli} havp tho whole day, and be to away in tha evening for AwMwd or Wollingtpn, Mr Coates •w'.W helißVPd the time-table would WeQgnition in bettpr passenger HifOllSp, Tho Limited wpijld also !|ve connexions all along the IjWto ea tlio southward run with the "W Piynjouth and Napier exprossps, H 4 ea thp northward with the Thames H 4 Bptoraa trains, The gain in the wt#r eaae' was especially important. At present passengers from the south landed at Franktou at 3.35 a.m., to wait until after midday bejWl on with their journey. The *Wted would land them at Franktou Wlboiit 7.30 after a night's sleep.