TUNNEL ROAD AND RAILWAY STATION
Sir,—People talk about the need for a tunnel road to Lyttelton. If such a road were constructed it would mean further loss in revenue to the Railways Department, and it, at the present moment, is in debt £1,483,950 from April 1 to September 15, 1951. The only benefit that many people can see from a tunnel road would be that importers would get goods through to Christchurch in their own conveyances and so save on railway charges; those who have cars of their own to drive to the wharf to the steamer express and put their baggage onboard, instead of using the train, cause further loss to the Railways Department. More Important than a tunnel road is a new railway station for Christchurch to facilitate the working of the railways, seeing that Christchurch is the connecting link between the north and south of <the South Island.— Yours, etc., Jilt M.S.S. October 23, 1951.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26560, 24 October 1951, Page 5
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TUNNEL ROAD AND RAILWAY STATION
Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26560, 24 October 1951, Page 5
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