No stop at Palmerston
Press Association) WELLINGTON. March IS. The Southerner express; [train will speed oast Palmerston in the future, i The Minister of Railways !(Mr McLachlan) said in a [statement today that the Christchurch-Invercargill ex- ; press would avoid Palmers-! [ton because of insufficient patronage. He said the decision had been made after a threemonth trial. During this time 'fewer than two passengers ion average had joined or left the Southerner at Palmerston on each run, even though the [trial period had covered the! !summer holiday peak.
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Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34107, 20 March 1976, Page 20
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