HOLIDAY RAIL TRAFFIC.
heavy period predicted. "The traffic this Easter is going to be among the heaviest cn rmsiA” said Mr W. S. Thompson, station master at Palmerston _ North, te a "Standard” representative yestnrdar, when referring to the Eastor railway services. "As far as the Auckland line is concerned, the traffic will W • record. All the early trains which leave Auckland before eight o’clock » Thursday evening, are booked out, aud the later trains are also being well patronised.” There will be sixteen trains of about 10 carriages each running between Auckland and Wellington on Thursday night and Friday, and on Friday ton will traverse the route, north and south, between New Plymouth and the Capital City. A similar number will ply between Napier and Wellington. Tho trains to and from Napier are expected, to be of about 12 carriages each.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 95, 20 March 1940, Page 10
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