STRATFORD-MAIN TRUNK RAILWAY
Opening for Regular Traffic on September 3
EXTRA CARS ON LIMITED EXPRESS
Per Press Association
AUCKLAND, Last Night.
Tho tentative date of tho opening of the Stratford-Okahukura railway was announced by Mr. H. H. Sterling, chairman of the Railways Board, who stated the line would be open for regular traffic on September 3. The lino had not yet been finally inspected on behalf of"the Railway Department, but a preliminary inspection indicated that no difficulty was likely to arise to prevent ordinary working being commenced on that date.
Mr. Sterling said that special cars for service over the new lino would bo attached to the Limited express from Auckland on nights when the train was being run to New Plymouth. The additional loading was made possible by tho use of the new “K” engines, which had an ample margin of power to enable the Limited express schedule to be maintained, notwithstanding the additional cars that would be attached to the train between Auckland and Taumarunui. The first train under the new timetable will leave Auckland, connected to the Limited express, on Sunday, September 3.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7239, 19 August 1933, Page 6
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