AUCKLAND EXPRESS STOPS
SHORTENING THE TIME-TABLE.
.But for the fact that tlio through express trains are able to run between Wellington and Palmerston North Without stopping for local, requirements they could not make their present time, states the Minister for ■ Railways, in, refusing Mr Field’s request for a -stopping place between those points.; for the Auckland express,- The Minister adds that as time goes on it will no doubt .be necessary to shorten the journey time between Auckland and Wellington, and with this end in', view- the...number - of . stopping . places must be kept, as low as possible.. . A® » matter'of fact, there are other districts ■through which the • trains pass which have a less frequent and convenient service than that running on the Mannwatu line. If .an alteration in the direction oft increasing the stopping places , were contemplated, tho requirements of suck districts Should! he a first consideration. As a general principle, however, it must he recognised that express trains cannot bo utilised for dealing with what, is ‘purely, local traffic. . .
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7263, 20 October 1910, Page 9
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170AUCKLAND EXPRESS STOPS New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7263, 20 October 1910, Page 9
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