NEW TIME-TABLE AND TE ARO.
TO THE EDITOK. Sir,— ln regard to the new time-table announced by the Railway Denartment, I am afraid! that the business people and residents of Te Aro and Newtown have not realised tho fact that from the 6th December tho Napier express, leaving at 7.50 a.m., and the afternoon train to Maslerton, leaving at 3.36 p.m., both etart from Lambton Station instead of Te Aro as heretofore, and the trains leaving Masterton at 7.30 a.m. and Napier ab 7.30 a.m. do not proceed past Lambton Station. I am quite sure that it will prove very inconvenient to many. Quite a number of passengers have been in the habit of joining the out trains at Te Aro, although on the journey down tho majority of the paasengers undoubtedly, leave at Lambton. A great many parcels are' sent from Te Aro, and business firms in that locality will not welcome the change. Some little time ago a determined attempt was made by certain parties to bring pressure upon the Minister of Railways to induce him to sanction the taking no of the line between Lambton and Te Aro, but the Premier then stated that he would not entertain the proposal. t Under the new time-table, out of the nineteen regular train* from Wellington out only seven start from Te Aro every day, while another four trains (out of the nineteen) start from Te Aro on Saturday only. X here are then four Additional trains on Saturday only, two of which start from le Aro. Coming in, there are fourteen regular trains, of which five nroceed to le Aro. Four additional trains run to le Aro on Saturday only. Two extra trams which run on Saturday only do not proceed to Te Aro. I trust the business men affected will protest against this drastic change, and I would suggest that Meesrs. M'Laren and JMsher take the matter up. If a question was put to the Minister in Parliament as j t amounfc oi traffio between To Aro and Lambton, more particularly on the Masterton and Napier trains, it could easily be determined whether the traffic warranted these trains being run from To Aro or _ not, as undoubtedly all unprofitable trains riiould be cut out.— ,l am. etc., », TE' ARO*
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 140, 10 December 1909, Page 2
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381NEW TIME-TABLE AND TE ARO. Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 140, 10 December 1909, Page 2
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