NORTHERN TRAINS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20257, 17 May 1929, Page 14

NORTHERN TRAINS.

Sir, —I have occasionally cause to travel to Whangarei and back on business. I was unfortunately on the train leaving Whangarei on Monday at twelve o'clock. The weather was undoubtedly boisterous and rainy. In the first-class carriages on the weather side the windows were taking in the rain, which formed small rivulets and trickled right across the carriage. It was therefore impossible to put one's arm on the window ledge without getting wet. It was a full train, and after sitting for six and a-half hours, the train being twenty minutes late, what with damp; carriages,! cold fept, close atmosphere and the smell of over-high pheasants, it was one of the; most disagreeable trips I have ever ex-' perienced, apart from the train stopping at every conceivable station, in most instances dropping about two per-; sons and picking up one. I was unfortunately sitting alongside of a door which did not fasten properly. I was told by a fairly regular traveller that the door had: been in that condition for some weeks.; Th.o. carriages are old, dirty and badiy; in want of an overhaul. The conditions are not conducive to make .the railways popular, or to encourage the public to travel in trains when any other mode of conveyance can be procured, M. Young.