HEAVY RAIL TRAFFIC

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22867, 23 October 1937, Page 10

HEAVY RAIL TRAFFIC

SEVERAL EXCURSION TRIPS EXTRA CARS ON EXPRESSES With the Labour Day holiday encouraging many hundreds of people to take advantage of the long week-end to make brief excursions into the country, the Railway Department is well prepared for what is expected to prove its busiest period since Auckland was invaded by record crowds for the third Rugby test match. Traffic yesterday was very heavy, and the afternoon express for Wellington comprised the unusually large total of 17 units when it left Auckland. An extra first-class carriage and six extra second-class cars were required, and practically all available accommodation was occupied. The limited express for Wellington last night also was a very heavy train. It comprised 14 units —eight second-class carriages, a women's car, two first-class carriages, two sleeping cars and a van. Excursion trains leaving Auckland for the various holiday resorts this afternoon also will lie well patronised. Over Ji2o people had booked for Whangarei yesterday afternoon, while 400 seats had been booked on the first of two excursion trains for Rotorua. About 200 people will travel by a second special train to Rotorua, and 140 had booked on the combined train leaving for Te Aroha, Waitomo Caves and the National Park. LJ 4