Second-Class Seats Only: Rail Experiment
IPer Press Association. Copyright .] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. j From February 1, trains serving the I Wellington suburban area will have ( only second-class carriages. | “I have reason to believe that this decision will not cause much surprise 'among the people in the localities 1 ! concerned,” stated the Hfon. D. G. ! Sullivan, Minister of Railways, yesterday. J "The buses which the department ' has been running for some time have j only one class of seating. Tim same j applies to the Wairarapa rail cars, i and to the new electrical multiple unit trains in the Wellington-John-sonville service. “Thje Wellington experiment will mean an economy in operation. Interest will attach to the reaction of the travelling public to the change,"
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Northern Advocate, 23 January 1939, Page 2
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