PASSENGER TIMETABLE

Taranaki Daily News, 4 September 1933, Page 12

PASSENGER TIMETABLE

NEW PLYMOUTH-AUCKLAND NIGHT EXPRESS THROUGH OHURA. STRATFORD-MAIN TRUNK ROUTE. .Railway travel between New Plymouth and Auckland now takes less than 12 hours. Passengers who left Auckland at 7 p.m. last night by the AucklandWellington Limited express are expected to reach New Plymouth at 6.1 a,m. to-day. Those who leave New Plymouth for Auckland at 7.10 p.m today are scheduled to arrive at their destination at 7.6 a.m. to-morrow.

'.On Monday, Wednesday and Fridaj j e nights, at 7.10, an express is to leave Neu ie Plymouth to reach Taumarunui at 12.51 a.m. in time to connect with the northat Bound express at 1.22 a.m., arriving ai Auckland at 7.6 a.m. The feature of the , e new time-table is that passage by this 5. night express will mean a saving oi >_ about 10f hours between New Plymouth h and Auckland; instead of leaving New Plymouth at 8.25 a.m., as at present, the passenger will leave at 7.10 p.m. to reach [w Auckland by 7.6 next morning. Even on days when the night express will n not run it will be possible to save about five hours on the journey by catching the 1.45 p.m. train from New Plymouth and connecting at Taumarunui with the express arriving at Auckland at 7.6 a.m. Similar advantages are provided on the southward journey. e The express that leaves Auckland for Wellington at 7 p.m. will on Sundays, I Tuesdays and Thursdays take cars and a sleeper to be dropped at Taumarunui _ at 12.22 a.m. next day and attached to an express scheduled to leave Taumarunui for Taranaki at 12,45 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. This train will depart from Ohura at 1.47 a.m., Tangarakau at 2.45, Whangamomona at 3.24 and Te Wera at 3.58, and will arrive at Stratford at 4.56 a.m. It will leave Stratford at 5.4 a.m., Inglewood at 5.29, and Lepperton at 5.44, arriving at New , Plymouth at 6.1. In addition to the sta- ’ tlons mentioned the train will stop if ‘ required at Matiere, Tokirima, Tahora and Douglas. Passengers for South Taranaki will be able to leave Stratford at 5.20 a.m. for HaWera and intermediate stations; this train will leave Eltham at 5.45 a.m. and arrive at Hawera at 6.25. ► TIME-TABLE ON OTHER DAYS. ’ On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays ’ passengers leaving Auckland by the 7 . p.m. Wellington express may get through ’ to Tarapaki by a train departing from I Taumarunui at 3 a.m. on Tuesdays, ’ Thursdays and Saturdays, from Okahu- ’ kura at 3.45, Ohura at 5.27, Tangarakau ! at 7.5, Whangamomona at 8.10, Te Wera ’ at 8.57/ Toko at 10.10 (stopping at any 1 other stations required) and arriving at Stratford at 10.50 a.m. and connecting with the Wanganui Flyer leaving at 11.56 ' a.m. and arriving at New Plymouth at 1 p.m. Passengers for Hawera and intermediate stations may connect with the 1.45 p.m. train from New Plymouth, leaving Stratford at 3 p.m. for Hawera. A goods train, with a passenger car attached, will leave Taumarunui at 6 p.m. daily, except on Saturday, arriving at Ohura at 8.20 Tangarakau, at 10.28, Whangamomona at 11.40 and arriving at Stratford at 2.3 a.m. On Saturday nights a train will leave I Taumarunui for Ohura at &i>, arriving at Ohura at 7.40. Travelling the other way, an express ■ will leave New Plymouth at 7.10 p.m. on Monday*, Wednesdays and Fridays, Lepperton at 7.33, Inglewood at 7.53, arriving at Stratford at 8.23 and departing thence at 8.31 for Te Wera. Te Wera will be left at 9.28, Whangamomona at 10.4, Tangarakau at 10.44, Ohura at 11.46 p.m., and arriving at Taumarunui at 12.50 a.m. to catch the north-bound express leaving at 1.22 a.m. and arriving at Auckland at 7.6 a.m.; between Stratford and Taumarunui this train will also stop if desired at Douglas, Tahora, Tokirima and Matiere. Passengers from south of Stratford may connect with ths train by catching the ordinary Wellington-New Plymouth express, which leaves Hawera at 6.2 p.m. and arrives at Stratford at 6.43 p.m. OTHER CONNECTIONS. Except on Saturdays, on the days that the night express from New Plymouth will not run, passengers for Auckland via the Ohura route may travel from New Plymouth by the train leaving at 1.45 p.m., and connect with the 4.15 train out of Stratford, arriving at Taumarunui at 11.10 p.m., connecting with the express from Wellington at 1.22 a.m., and reaching Auckland at 7.6 a.m. A goods train, with a passenger car attached, will leave Stratford at 5.36 a.m. and (stopping where required) will travel through the Ohura on the following schedule: Whangamomona depart 8.3 a.m., Tangarakau 8.52, Ohura 10.30, Matiere 11.13, arriving at Taumarunui at 12.20 p.m. Passengers by this train may leave Taumarunui at 2 p.m., by the train arriving at Frankton Junction at 8.4 p.m., leaving at 8.37 and reaching Auckland at 11 p.m.

On Saturdays a train will leave Ohura at 8.10 p.m. and arrive at Taumarunui at 9.39, and a train will leave Stratford at 7 p.m., and, stopping where required en route, will arrive at its destination, Tangarakau, at 10.4 p.m.