RAIL TRAFFIC IN SOUTHLAND
HIGHER REVENUE FOR CARRIAGE OF GOODS
FEWER PASSENGERS IN LAST FOUR WEEKS
An increase of £8578 was shown in the railway revenue for the Southland district for the four-weekly period ended June 22 compared with the same period of the previous vear. The increase occurred in the carriage of goods,-passenger traffic revenue being lower by £236. In most sections of goods traffic the quantities handled showed an increase, but timber traffic fell by 268 tons. Details of the traffic and the revenue are as follows:—
TRAFFIC 1940 1939 Passengers 28,861 30,829 Season tickets 928 . 712 Road motor passengers 1,909 1,788 Road motor tons 16 113 Cattle 2,701 2,394 Sheep 92,095 89,048 Timber (tons) 1,787 2,075 Other goods (tons) 57,889 46,179 REVENUE £ £ Passenger 5,381 5,617 Season tickets 343 262 Parcels 569 508 Goods 48,128 39,599 Road motor passenger 685 625 Road motor goods 84 308 Miscellaneous 1,860 1,553 TOTALS 57,050 48,472
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Southland Times, Issue 24164, 28 June 1940, Page 10
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154RAIL TRAFFIC IN SOUTHLAND Southland Times, Issue 24164, 28 June 1940, Page 10
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