TRAINS HELD UP
Line Blocked Near Plimmerton LIMITED AFFECTED Wash-outs, slips and other troubles due to the weather were reported last night to have stopped rail traffic between Plimmerton and Paekakariki, the engineering staff having been out there since daylight yesterday. It was stilf raining hard at Paekakariki at midnight, and no indication could be given when the line would be clear again. Both the 3 p.m. train and the Limited went north via the Wairarapa line. Tlie Auckland-Wellington express which left Auckland at 3 p.m. yesterday will also travel via the Wairarapa. It is expected to arrive at midday instead of the usual 7 a.m. Three slips between Wadestown and Ngaio blocked the Wellington-Johnson-ville electric railway line about 3 p.m. yesterday, causing a hold-up of all traffic. Passengers for Ngaio, Khandallah and Johnsonville were transported in buses. It is hoped to have the service restored today. A slip a little to the north of Pukerua Bay yesterday morning caused a delay of 25 minutes to the Palmerston NorthWellington passenger train, which did not arrive till 10.49 a.m.
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Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 7, 3 October 1941, Page 8
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