A TRACKLESS TRAMWAY.
WELLINGTON’S EXPERIMENT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, July 21. A start has been made with the installation of the trackless tram system between Thorndon and Kaiwarra. Commenting upon the prospects of the experiment, the Mayor (Mr R. A. Wright, M.P.) said that assuming that trackless cars would prove more economical than trams of the usual style, as it was expected they would, the system would be gradually extended to other suburbs. The expense of steel rails would he obviated, and it would probably cost less to put down a good surface suitable for trackless cars and all other traffic at the same time than it would to lay and repair rails upon the present surface. The estimated cp3fc of the overhead gear for the Thorndon-Kaiwarra length was £7s<h—no great figure, and as the car equipment had been supplied to the council on approval by the English manufacturers, the city was in a good position to make tlie experiment. The bodv, to seat 30 passengers, was at present being built at Auckland, and the car would be running within a few weeks’ time. The trackless car will make a non-stop run from point to point, and will be driven and conducted by one man.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3672, 29 July 1924, Page 74
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206A TRACKLESS TRAMWAY. Otago Witness, Issue 3672, 29 July 1924, Page 74
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