NEW RAILWAYS

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 5, 7 January 1928, Page 12

NEW RAILWAYS

LINES TO BE OPENED WAIHI TO TANEATUA (Special to "The Evening Post.") AUCKLAND, This Day. Within two months it is expected trains will be running on the new section of tho railway line from Waihi to Taneafcua through the Bay of Plenty. This will add another 85 miles of permanent way to the Auckland railway district, and passengers will be able to travel direct from Auckland to Taneatua by train. Another section of line which it is expected will be completed and opened towards, the end of March will be that from to Kirikopuni, the first part of the line connecting Auckland with Dargaville direct. Work has progressed favourably on various sections of line through the Bay of Plenty, and the engineers, Sir W. 6.' Armstrong, Whitworth, and Co., Ltd., are now ready to hand over to the Public Works Department that section of line from Tahawai to Te Puna. This is the last stretch of lino through the Bay, 15 miles in length, and completes the whole of the line from Waihi to Taneatua, including the piece recently taken over between Waihi and Tahawai. The section of line between Taneatua and Tauranga is at present being run by the Public Works Deprtment. With the completion of the line through the Bay of Plenty, and its being taken over by the Railway Department, comes the question of a nearer route from the Bay to Auckland. The necessary link will run from Paeroa to Pokono on the main line south of Pukekohe across Piako Swamp. This will reduce the rail distance from the Bay of Plenty to Auckland by between 40 and 50 miles, and will save a long journey down to Frankton Junction and back.