RAIL SERVICES
Sir,—l suggest that the Railways Department improve travelling conditions to and from the West Coast. Would it not be possible to provide sleeping accommodation qn the “perishable” train instead of expecting passengers to spend an uncomfortable night’s journey? What about our Picton-Invercargill express? We heard a lot about the necessity for the 5.1.M.T., but so far no provision has been made, for a through express. If our airways are going to be run tike our railways, we can hardly expect improvements for the travelling public.— Yours, etc., TRAVELLER. Redcliffs, February 25, 1946. [The Railway Department advises that the provision of sleeping car accommodation on “perishable” trains is not practicable. The primary object of these trains was ' the carriage of urgent goods traffic and any additional passenger accommodation would defeat the object for which the trains were run. Because of the coal position, the time was not opportune for a through Picton to Invercargill express train.],
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19460302.2.20.3
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24814, 2 March 1946, Page 5
Word Count
157RAIL SERVICES Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24814, 2 March 1946, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.