Restoration Of Railway
Road and rail communications on the West Coast should be back to normal today. The 2.20 a.m. Christchurch-Greymouth rail-car was expected to be able to make the complete trip this morning after gangs of workmen had worked all day Saturday and yesterday repairing slips on the line between Aratika and Kaimata. Earlier, the men had repaired sections of the line between Greymouth and Stillwater. The main roads on the West Coast are now open, according to the Automobile Association last night, and persons who had been stranded south of Hokitika by slips on the road and scoured bridge approaches were able to continue early yesterday morning One car whidh was stranded at Hari Hari for three days was able to reach the Lewis Pass yesterday morning. A Christchurch driver was able to make the trip from the glaciers to Christchurch yesterday and said that it was no longer raining in the flooded areas and conditions were improving. Train services on Saturday to the West Coast from Canterbury were seriously affected. Passengers on the 10 a.m. express from Christchurch were taken by bus from Moana to Greymouth. Railcar services on Saturday night were cancelled.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28513, 17 February 1958, Page 8
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