MAIN TRUNK TRAFFIC
TWO TRAINS FOR THE SOUTH. 1 • ii RUSH TO SECURE SEATS. SURGING CROWD AT GATES. . . ;•;' Owing to the exceptionally heavy traffic .1 leaving Auckland 'last : night, ifi- was'■•// ■';. | necessary to , run two expresses . for Wei- { lington. The first, which left at 7.10 j p.m., was well filled with "through" passengers, and consisted of seven passenger cars and three sleepers. The second train,:., which left at eight o'clock, was one of/ the - longest that has left Auckland for i some time, consisting of 19 passenger .- cars and a van. Despite the great size of this train, there was not a vacant seat j When the barriers were opened to allow passengers on to the platform to join the if second train there was a surge of ticket- I] holders, and it was necessary to obtain If police assistance to prevent them break- 1 ing through. One child fainted in the i crush. Most of the travellers were for I stations south of Frankton. .It is esti- yf mated that about 200 passengers travelled / 1 by the first express and 700 by the I
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18706, 12 May 1924, Page 12
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185MAIN TRUNK TRAFFIC New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18706, 12 May 1924, Page 12
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