RAILWAY PASSENGERS.
YEAR'S AUCKLAND RETURNS.
A TEN PER CENT. FALL.
Ticket sales at tho Auckland railway station and the three city booking offices for tho financial year 1929-30 show decreases in number and value approximating 10 per cent., as compared with the previous year's figures. Tho following are tho figures in detail : Tickots. Revenue. 1920-30. Ord. Seniion. £ Auckland station . 410.291 17,236 183,2(11 Booking offices— Queon St. . . 37.298 534 60,149 Hynionds St. . . 9,402 34 10,5117 Kornnßiihape Ed. 5,157 23 4,809
Totals, 1929-30 . 402,151 17,827 £258,780 1928-29 . 518,686 19,571 £290,052 1927-28 . 546,845 18,981 £282,365
The returns take no account of sales mode at the Mount Eden station, which is the terminus of a largo suburban traffic. . ,
The Ivarangahape Road booking office was open during 47 weeks of tho year, namely, since May 6, 1929. The other two offices were opened for business in 1928.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20536, 10 April 1930, Page 12
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142RAILWAY PASSENGERS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20536, 10 April 1930, Page 12
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