MANY TRAVELLERS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21141, 26 March 1932, Page 8

MANY TRAVELLERS.

RAILWAYS AND ROADS. LARGE NUMBERS ON MOVE. EXTRA TRAINS AND CARS. The influx and efflux of travellers which always marks the Easter holiday season has kept the railways and service car staffs busy again tin's year. l n t ] 1e case of both road and rail the number of travellers has been large and special arrangements have had to be made to cope with them. Thursday, particularly, was a very busy day for transport workers, and an equally active dav is anticipated on Monday, when the majority of holidaymakers will return to their homes in readiness for a resumption of work on Tuesday. * Four expresses left, Auckland for Wpij. ington on Thursday. The davh'cht limited was well patronised and the night limited also was a full train. The ordinary second express and the extra express which left at 8.5 p.m. were both long and full trains. Popularity of Rotorua. Rotorua, as usual, proved popular with holidaymakers. The combined RotoruaTanringa train which left, at. 10.15 p.m. on Thursday comprised 19 full cars, the number of passengers being augmented bv travellers to the Bible class rally at Ngaruawahia. The special train which left for Rotorua at 2.35 p.m. was full. The northern line also was exceptionally busy. The afternoon and evening trains to Helensville were both well patronised, and the train which left for Opua at. 10.20 p.m. comprised eight full cars. The suburban lines were the scene ! of much activity, large numbers of school ! children travelling to and from the citv I for the annual sports of the primary i schools, held in the Domain. As is usually the cas», yesterday was a fairly quiet day compared with Thunday. Only the usual expresses left for Wellington, but these and other trains which left Auckland during the day were well patronised. The Whangarei trait comprised 10 well-filled cars, the, Rotorua express being made up of seven full cars and eight cars being attached to ths Taneatua-Tauranga train. Further Heavy Bookings. A fair number of outward bookings has been received for to morrow, but bookings are very heavy for Monday and Tuesday. Arrivals on Monday night and Tuesday morning also are expected to be heavy. Although only one extra express was put into service on the Auckland-Welling-ton run on Thursday, two additional expresses left Wellington for Auckland on thafc day, making five trains on the northern run. The daylight limited which arrived on Thursday nieht was a train of six cars, all being full. The first express arrived in Auckland yesterday morning with 10 full cars, and an extra express arrived at 7.46 a.m. with eight cars filled to capacity. The limited, with eight full cars, and a second extra express, which arrived at. 1.24 p.m. ! with an equal number of cars, also readied | Auckland yesterday. ; Routes covered by service cars -were j well patronised, nearly every time-table i being augmented with extia vehicles. J Although the comparatively shorter trips, such as to Rotorua, Whangarei and Helensville, showed the heaviest increase in bookings, the long distance journeys were well patronised. As in the case of the railways, Thursday was the basest day, although some people were unable to get away until yesterday, \ihich entailed a busy morning for service car proprietors.