RAILWAY TRAVEL
DETAILS OF INTENDED RESTRICTIONS NO LIMITED EXPRESS Wellington, This Day. If restrictions on railway travel were necessary they would be similar to those imposed in September, 1942, when the Waikato mines were on strike, said the Assistant-General Manager of Railways, Mr J. Sawers, in reply to an inquiry yesterday. That meant that the Limited expresses, between Wellington and Auckland would be cut out, and that only the ordinary expresses would run on the Main Trunk line each day. Broadly speaking, there would be one express each way daily on the other main lines, making three return trips a week. For example, there would be one way expresses each day on the New Plymouth, Napier and Rotorua lines. Permits would be required for journeys in excess of 50 miles as hitherto, ♦said Mr Sawers, but the restrictions would not apply to suburban railway traffic. The last time restrictions were imposed they applied to the North Island only, but if they were reimposed they would be universal and apply to both islands. It would be possible to say definitely by Friday whether the restrictions were to be enforced or not.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 79, 13 January 1944, Page 4
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