DERAILMENT ON MAIN LINE
WELLINGTON SERVICE INTERRUPTED (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, April 23. Because of a main-line derailment at Ngahauranga early tonight the railway traffic on the double-track section between Wellington and Petone was suspended, and all passengers to and from Hutt Valley were transported by a fleet of railway buses. The return service from Waterloo collided with a number of wagons standing in the Ngahauranga yards. Five wagons were derailed and some were damaged. By nine o’clock the down line was cigar. The work of clearing up the line was still in progress late tonight but it was stated that the gangs expected to have the track clear for two-way traffic in the early hours of the morning. Freight traffic to and from Wairarapa was delayed.
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Southland Times, Issue 24109, 24 April 1940, Page 4
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