DERAILMENTON WEST COAST
MANY TRAINS DELAY# A serious derailment of a ■ ittw; waggon on the mixed goods tewn JOT Reefton, due at Greymouth an.wmjr caused widespread delays in WestO*Jw, railway schedules last evenjng.'MamThe accident occurred h®tww_ Raupo and Ahaura, the-, waggon l , aging the permanent way to «UCI|B extent .that repairs were notCTpecp. to be completed by late lastnigawr ' The' Greymouth-Reefton 4ram.vffi; halted at Ahaura, while passemMJ; from the Westport-GreywoUft were taken from Raupo to Stmwaw, by bus. Here they were met pr* special train and taken to GreyjWfJgarriving at 9.40 p.m. The raibcffifJW*: Christchurch was ■ at SHlltgff until 8.55, when it picked •gers for Canterbury from rail-car. ‘ The rail-car arrlVpwJj^ ; Christchurch several hours law.,v &;■ The rail-car on the Westpon-Pjßr mouth run was on the return of its inaugural trip. On the District Traffic Manager, Railway Department (Mr G. -JME. Lean), who went to the scene bW® accident by motor jigger and perwg ally supervised preparations 'or ,c*«* ing the line, ’ ,<<•'
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Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23737, 8 September 1942, Page 4
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