RAILWAY TRAVEL

Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 149, 23 March 1928, Page 12

RAILWAY TRAVEL

Sir,—ln to-day’s Dominion there appears a complaint of the disadvantages of railway travel compared with the advantages of road travelling, as set out in a letter jointly signed by E. G. Williams and G. S. Willingham. I cannot let this pass unchallenged, for while I have to admit that railway travel is not all that could be desired, I know, even as your correspondents must know, that the troubles complained of are far more manifest in car travelling generally thru on the I have had occasions, many of them, on different routes and by different road services, to make journeys at night, and invariably the travelling was in the dark. On nearly all cars a light is installed, but the drivers insist in putting this out, as the reflection on. the windscreen is dangerous for driving. This is not generally complained of. though, for in a service car it is impossible to read anyway. As for the company of undesirable passengers, I have many times been huddled in a back seat-among some who have been particularly obnoxious, and’ my complaint has been useless. On the other hand, an appeal to the guard on any train has meet with consideration whenever the occasion has arisen. I would say that I have used cars only when trains have not been available, and can say without hesitation that whenever my work permits I have found the railway, the best in every way to travel by.—l am. etc., "TRAVELLER.” Wanganui, March 20.