MORE PEOPLE TRAVEL BY TRAIN
No doubt because of the petrol and tyre shortages more and more people are travelling by train these days. This tendency is reflected in the returns for the Southland section of the railways for the four-weekly period ended August 15. The returns for the period are as follows, those for the corresponding period of 1941 being given for
comparison:-— TRAFFIC 1942 1941 Passengers 41,350 27,898 Season tickets 378 224 Road motor passengers 2,308 2,232 Road motor tons 4 9 Cattle 2,625 1,647 Sheep 13,709 12,456 Timber (tons) 2,434 2,936 Other goods (tons) 53,061 45,146 REVENUE £ £ Passengers 7,877 6,191 Season tickets 378 224 Parcels 810 719 Goods 47,763 38,784 Road motor passengers 567 663 Road motor goods 39 65 Miscellaneous 2,533 1,252 TOTALS 55,967 47,898
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Southland Times, Issue 24829, 22 August 1942, Page 4
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129MORE PEOPLE TRAVEL BY TRAIN Southland Times, Issue 24829, 22 August 1942, Page 4
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