NEW PLYMOUTH TRAMWAYS

Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1934, Page 2

NEW PLYMOUTH TRAMWAYS

OPERATIONS DURING AUGUST. NEW BUS SERVICE STARTED. The trains earned £1154 10s 6d from 144,593 passengers, a decrease of £9 19s 5d and 1594 passengers compared with a year ago, said the manager (Mr. G. J. Wyatt) when reporting to the New Plymouth Borough Council last night on the operations during August. The month generally was very quiet from a traffic point of view, the main factor being almost a total absence of overseas shipping at the port There was no question that the operations at the port had a big effect on the tram revenue.

Details of the tram revenue wete: Main route: Mileage, 16,355; passengers, 105,924; fares, £873 7s. Westown route: Mileage, 7651; passengers, 38,669; fares, £2Bl 3s pd. A new bus was put into operation during August and the service to the borough boundary via Veale’s Estate was commenced on August 10. It was being fairly well patronised. The total mileage of the buses was 6163. They had shown an increase of £35 15s 9d in revenue and 3035 passengers, when the figures (£255 13s 10a and 27,830 passengers) were compared with those for the corresponding period last year.

Comparisons of passengers and revenue for the month of August during the past 10 years were quoted as follow: 1925, £lBOO 0s Id revenue, 210,231 passengers; 1926, £1789 16s Hd, 214,352; 1927, £1693 19s Id, 206.506; 1928, £1730 4s 3d, 208,785; 1929, £l7OB 17s, 198,799; 1930, £1424 10s 3d, 198,487; 1931. £1265 0s 3d, 153,995; 1932, £1164 10s, 147,034; 1933, £1164 9s lid, 146,187; 1934, £1154 10s 6d, 144,593.