RAIL EXTENSION

Hutt News, Volume 18, Issue 3, 21 June 1944, Page 5

RAIL EXTENSION

SERVICE TO NEW AREAS A start has been made with an important railway work which wiL serve large new housing areas in the Hutt Valley. This is ;the extension of tlie present railway liny from Waterloo to Nae Nae, a distance of one mile and fifty chains. The Minister of Works (Mr Semple) states that formation and ballasting work had oei-n commenced. Formation along this length was very easy and should be completed in a few weeks. The Railway Department.would then following on with the plate laying. Mr. Semple also stated that plans for station buildings and overbridges etc., were in } , "From Nae Nae.-io~Taita, one mile and 50 chains," added, "the formation is alsto very easy, but some minor alterations to the alignment are under consideration in order to fit in with the town planning of the area. "Nae Nae and Taita will be the main stations between Waterloo and the Taita Gorge, but there will" also be stopping places for suburban traffic at Epuni and Cemetery Road. "When the line is completed to this point all the areas in the Nae-Taita locality, which are being prepared by the Government for housing purposes, will have a railway station within a reasonable dis tance. "From Taita to Silverstream there are many complications.Ju. the way of providing for railway, river, and a modern high-speed road through the Taita Gorge. Surveys of severa! schemes are now completion and they will thtiiL 'studied in detail so that the best arrangement to meet the circumstances can be decided on."