HUTT VALLEY RAILWAY
ELECTRIFICATION MAY BE DELAYED
(New Zealand Press Assocr'trmf WELLINGTON. April 10. Because of a shortage of staff, proves® on „ t J* e £6.000.000 electrification of tile Hutt Valley railway line has not been maintained at a rate that will enable the changeover to take place in 1952, according to the Railways Department The department stated that the engineering work between Wellington would be pushed forward to the limit It pointed out that power supply was the main concern of the railway administration as a full service could not be run until Maraetai was commissioned in 1952. ..J™! t ! le P' the . re was a difficulty as tne distribution of power to appropriate waTrt ° n the Taita section of the line th? up^n the completion of Department’s ?A y ?’ rds stat,on - This work might until the beginning Hydro-electric Department alto had manpower troubles.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26393, 11 April 1951, Page 8
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