LANDSLIP BLOCKS TUNNEL

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22612, 2 July 1935, Page 8

LANDSLIP BLOCKS TUNNEL

NORTH ISLAND MAIN RAILWAY TRAFFIC INTERRUPTED (Pee United Press Association) . WELLINGTON, July 1. Late this afternoon a landslip blocked the tunnel on the Main Trunk line between Mangaweka and Utiku, and in consequence railway traffic has had to be diverted and north and south-bound expresses have been delayed. The Railways Department states that it will not be able to ascertain the full extent of the slip or an estimate of the damage done to the tunnel till to-morrow. Meanwhile both the limited and:ordinary expresses in both directions have been diverted to the Stratford-Okahukura line. Being, longer, this route entails a certain amount of delay and the ordinary express, which would normally arrive in Wellington ab 7.42, is ndt.-.now. aipected until about -.9 a.m. The limited will probably not arrive till 12.30 p.m. To-day’s north-bound expresses will be similarly delayed. ;;vv>. It is quite possible that an inspection may reveal -that the damage is not serious, in which case it may prove possible to run to-morrow’s expresses through by the normal Main Trunk route. All other north-bound traffic, however, will meanwhile be despatched through Stratford.