RAILWAY EXCURSIONS
The increasing popularity of the cheap Sunday fares on the Manawatu and Hutt lines was well in evidence yesterday. The new - 9 a.m. train to Palmerston North, providing as it also does a handy connection from the ferry steamer, carried approximately 900 passengers over GOO excursionists going through to Palmerston North. The 9.30 a.m. to Paekakariki was also a heavy train, and altogether the augmented train services handled approximately 1700 passengers throughout the day. jThe Hutt services were .also well patronised. « A week-end excursion tram from Napier to Wellington on Saturday, returning Sunday, carried approximately 200 passengers. Tlie Friday and Monday half-fare excursions from Wellington to Waitomo Caves or Auckland was also well patronised. The Napier and Waitomo week-end excursions were personally conducted.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19290304.2.34
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 135, 4 March 1929, Page 6
Word Count
125RAILWAY EXCURSIONS Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 135, 4 March 1929, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.