MAIN-TRUNK EXPRESS.
COMFORTS FOB PASSENGERS. [THE VBSSS Special BerrlM.] AUCKLAND, May 19.. By the end of this month the first of the reconstructed de luxe sleeping cars will be running on the Limited Express between Auckland and Wellington. The first car, which ib to be given a trial run, is almost ready to leave the Otahuhu workshops. If it is a success all the other de luxe sleepers will be similarly reconstructed. One of the two berth compartments in each car is being turned into a kitchenette and fitted with electric toasters, heaters, washing-up facilities, etc. It is intended to provide passengers in sleeping cars with a light breakfast on the train. Toast and similar light dishes will be made in the kitchenette as well as coffee and tea, as passengers require it, at any part of the journey.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19623, 20 May 1929, Page 8
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