TRAVEL BY RAIL
LOCAL HOLIDAY BOOKINGS SLIGHT GENERAL INCREASE Passenger bookings by rail during the recent holidays showed little difference from those recorded last year. Thorudon Station showed an increase of 2382 tickets, the Central Booking Office a decre o of 9, and Lambton Station a decrease of 34. It would seem as though railway bookings, after such travelinducers as the Dunedin Exhibition, had settled down to what is a fairly steady normal use of the trains .it the holiday season. Tho figures quoted below are from 14th December to sth January in each case:— 1927-28. Lambton Station. —Ordinary, 11,223, £1265 17s sd; excursion, 4202, £1388 6s Gd. Total, 15,515, £2654 3s lid. Central Booking Office.—Ordinary, 1905, £2522 16a 4d; excursion, 8930, £16,871 8s lid;. Total, 10,835, £19,394 5s 3d. Thorndon Station. —Ordinary, 13,830, £3505 5s 4d; excursion, 6504, £5770 13s Id. Total, 20,343, £9275 18s 3d. 1926-27. Lambton Station.—Ordinary, 11,390, £114.2 19s 4d; excursion, 4159, £1264 Is lOd. Total, 15,549, £2407 Is 2d. Central Booking Office.—Ordinary, 2089, £2680 0s 3d; excursion, 8757, £17,188 17s lOd. Total, 10,846, £19,868 18s Id. Thorndon Station.—Ordinary, 11,510, £3195 8s 3d; excursion, 6451, £5317 Is Od. Total, 17,961, £8512 9s 3d.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 6, 9 January 1928, Page 10
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197TRAVEL BY RAIL Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 6, 9 January 1928, Page 10
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