NEW PLYMOUTH WELLINGTON RAILWAY.
SPEED OF. THE EXPRESS TRAIN
[AT TELEGRAPH.— CORRESPONDENT.]
K y Wellington, ; Wednesday. ,:; Mr." Major asked - tlio Minister for' Rail-to-day whether he would further accelerate the speed of the mail train, from New Plymouth to Wellington, even to the extent of shortening the time'.; from departure to arrival by an hour. In. reply, Sir Joseph /Ward, stated ...that the time taken" by the trains between New Plymouth; and Wellington had -already, been reduced as much as possible, without cutting out Vvery considerable number of the stopping places en> route, and this step would riot commend itself to the. residents of the various localities at which the trains now Shipped." Applications were constantly received for" increasing" rather than diminishing the number of stopping places of express trains.. Tho speed of the mail train 'between Wellington and New Plymouth was already very high, when the time lost through stops was eliminated. • v
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12929, 27 July 1905, Page 5
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153NEW PLYMOUTH WELLINGTON RAILWAY. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12929, 27 July 1905, Page 5
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