THE RAILWAYS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17038, 11 May 1923, Page 10

THE RAILWAYS.

NORTH LINE CLEAR TO SEFTON. j At the conference held yesterday ! afternoon to discuss the question of 1 mail services to those places which , have been cut off from railway com- j muni cation with Christchurch, Mr AY. i O. Ennis, assistant district traffic manager said that the Southbridge, Oxford and Byreton lines wore all right. On the north line trains were running as far as Sefton. Between Sefton and Waiparsb there were two or three wash-outs which it was thought would take two or three days to repair. The 1 line had been damaged between Onl.

verden and Waiau, but he had been informed that, if the weather kept fine, this damage would probably bo repaired the following day. There was still some work to do clearing away tho slips in the AA'elca Pass. He thought that trains would be able to get through to Waiau in about three days’ time. It was difficult to say when the line between AVaipnra and Parnassus would bo again ready for traffic. The line had been badly damaged, and tho bridge over t-he Waiau had practically gone. AVith regard to the Midland line, he thought it would take a fortnight to carin' out complete repairs to enable trains to get through to Arthur’s Pass. Repairs on the Soutlihridge line were completed yesterday, and the 4.45 p.m. train, to Christchurch reached its designation without mishap.