THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 214, 3 June 1908, Page 7

THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE.

THE TIME TABLE. ' ■ ■ (BI TBLEGKArH.—SrECIAI, COUUESrONDEXT.) Auckland, Juno 2. ; .The/publication of, tho, .Government proposals'Vfor. tirnd. tables for .'expresses between lAucklahdi'and Dunedin, and Auckland and. Irivercargill, when., .the .North Island Main Trunk Line !is opened, has' excited consider-, abje interest,in 'the city, and varying opinions were expressed as ,to. which proposal would be.'more :beaeficial to tho;North-.lsland.. The Mayor, in the course o£ some reolarks to a.:'' Herald " representative on the sub-: ject, said ho had not had time to carefully exaniinb tho pros and cons of cither proposal, but,:<recognising the difficulties, there were in adjusting tho time tablo to' suit the convenience of all parties, ho was .inclined; to/tliink that the suggestion that the express should . leave!. Auckland at 8. p.m.,' reaching ■Wellington at 5 p.m. the next day, would, on the";whold, be more; convenient from' a: pas-' sengor-aiid a : inail'point of,viow.tban the proposal/to leave Auckland at 6 a.m. and reach, "Wellington at midnight. '. '.' One fully' realises that leaving Auckland atniglit would be a disadvantage to passongers who-wished to see tho beauties of surrounding districts en route," continued .tho Mayor,' " but. presumably it is a question between this and tho expedition of tho passeiigdrs a.nd the mails."/ 'si.n..Auckland 1 Government official, who is in 7a position to judge tho requirements of Auckland travellers, saidFrom the Sou- . theni people's point of. view the proposal to have, a "night train from Auckland is all very woll,';because they had a settled time table. . But of people: who will travel to' ■Wellington' will "want 1 to seo tho country, and iligl.it travelling won't) suit them. Very few people will want to go right through from here' to Dunedin or Invercargill, or vice versa. The suggested time to be allowed here for a: day in Auckland is not sufficient. ' 1 should say that a daylight service for the North Island is very important. Most of the ,travellers' at first will<be tourists/ and the niijht service will only bogood for those wlic are iising the line for business purposes. The triiflic Tor through passengers will doubtless grow.'in time;;'-but'at-the outset the Main Trunk will be' largely a tourists' lino, anc we must consider them." ."