TRAIN TRAFFIC

Evening Star, Issue 20985, 26 December 1931, Page 12

TRAIN TRAFFIC

HOLIDAY RETURNS The railway officials .state that the train traffic over Christmas was satisfactory, but not quite up to that or last year. Tbe following figures show, the numbers who left or arrived at Dunedin:— —Wednesday.— 8.33 a.m. to Invercargill ... 280 8.40 a.m. to Christchurch ... 420 11.35 a.m. to Lyttelton ... 360 ■; 12.5 p.m. to Christchurch ... 210 4.18 from Christchurch ... 350 5.1 p.m. from Christchurch ... 200 11.20 p.m. to Christchurch ... 120 —Thursday.— 8.33 a.m. to Gore ... ... -•* 350 8.40 a.m. to Christchurch ... 220 9.0 aim. to Invercargill ... 240 9.5 a.m. to Christchurch ... 2io 11.35 a.m. to Lyttelton ... 420 12.5 p.m. to Christchurch ... 180 4.18 p.m. from Christchurch 340 4.40 p.m. to Invercargill ... 300 5.1 p.m. from Christchurch ... 400 5.43 p.m. to Invercargill ... 260 8.54 p.m. from Christchurch 290 10.0 p.m. to Christchurch ... 240 11.20 p.m. to Christchurch 320 —Friday.— 8.33 a.m. to Invercargill 520 8.40 a.m. to Christchurch 260 9.5 a.m. to Christchurch ... 280 11.35 a.m. to Lyttelton ... 450 4.18 p.m. from Christchurch 300 5.1 p.m. from Christchurch ... 260 8.54 p.m. from Christchurch 100 —Saturday.— 7.52 a.m. to Cromwell ... s-. 200 8.33 a.m. to Invercargill ... 500 8.40 a.m. to Christchurch ... 300 11.35 a.m. to Lyttelton ... 380 12.5 p.m. to Christchurch ... 160 4.18 p.m. from Christchurch 550 5.1 p.m. from Christchurch 400 Traffic to Central Otago was hrisß and the seaside traffic was fairly heavy* TRAM TRAVELLERS. On Christmas Eve the in-traffi<J between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. was very! heavy from suburbs to the city, and the out-trams left the Exchange up to midnight. , _ The following are the takings for De* cember 23, 24, and 25, the figures for! the same dates last year being given: in parentheses:—December 23, £036 (£554); December 24, £741 (£744) J Christmas Day, £205 (£274) <