SLEEPERS ON EXPRESSES.
EFFECT 0F HIGHER RATES. DECREASE IN THE DEMAND. The increased charges for sleeping berths which were adopted as a result of the Railway Commission's report, last October are not proving a popular innovation with travellers on the Main Trunk expresses. Sleeper traffic has been light for some months past and at present trains are regularly departing from Auckland with Jess than 50 per cent, of the berths occupied. The charges for sleeping accommodation were raised after the commission's report, from £1 to 25s for de luxe sleepers and from 12s 6d to 15s for ordinary berths. It was estimated that this would produce £7491 additional revenue. At present, however, travellers who do seek berths are showing a decided preference for those at the cheaper rate.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20867, 8 May 1931, Page 10
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