HEAVY HOLIDAY TRAFFIC.
; . *—: \ BUSY TIME ON RAILWAYS. ■ I RECORD SEASON EXPECTED. 5 i - I Record figures for holiday passenger . ', (radii- from Auckland are expected by I officials this year. The. "limited" cx- ; presses are dready proving their popuI rarity i.iul practically all seats are bonked iup at Auckland for a week ahead. Yes- ;• : onlay two trains were found to he inI 'sufficient, and a third express left fur j Wellington at 8.-10 p.m. All seats were j booked up on tl)o " limited," and the ; ordinary expresses, and there were only 'j a few vacancies on the third. Bookings I ; for the ordinary expresses are said to be 1 ; very heavy for soino days ahead. , I Apparently Wellington is also having ' a busy time, for three expresses reached 1 I Auckland yesterday morning. The first - ; and third arrived punctually at 6.38 a.m. I i and 9.26 a.m. respectively, but the second, which was due at 7.50 a.m., was . a few minutes behind time. The Railway Department's arrange- ' incuts for train services during Christ - 1 I mas and New Year arc advertised tofiay.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18897, 20 December 1924, Page 11
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181HEAVY HOLIDAY TRAFFIC. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18897, 20 December 1924, Page 11
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