EAST COAST LINE
OPENING N AIUEJUWAIRO A SECTION. (Per Press Association —Copyright). GISBORNE. May 24. Within a mcntli, according to information received in Wairoa and GisDorne, the Railway Department will inaugurate regular passenger and freight services on the Napier-Wai-roa section of the East Coast Main Trunk line. An announcement of the actual date of commencement is awaited with keen interest, as much in the Gisborne district as in Wairoa, for the opportunity of travelling by rail between Wairoa and Napier will be much appreciated oy many people for whom road travel is full of disadvantages, in spite of the excellence of the seric e provided. Works gangs are putting the final touches to the railway yards, sidings, station buildings, and other features of the section which will contribute to smooth working of the passenger services. At Wairoa there has been some activity in the station yards, where the passenger platform has been reformed in preparation for sealing with bitumen. Other work, some of it similar in character, has been proceeding at various points along the line, and final attention has been given to the ballasting of the rails..
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1939, Page 4
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188EAST COAST LINE Hokitika Guardian, 27 May 1939, Page 4
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