STRATFORD RAILWAY
OPENING ON SEPTEMBER 3 THE BOARD’S ARRANGEMENT (Per Press Association) AUCKLAND, Last Night. The tentative date of the opening of the Stratford-Okahukura railway was announced by Mr H. H. Sterling, chairman of the Railways Board, who (Stated that the lino would be open for regular traffic on September 3. The line had not yet been finally inspected on behalf of the Railway Department, but a preliminary inspection indicated that no difficulty was likely to arise to prevent ordinary working being commenced on that date. Air Sterling said that special cars for service over the new line would be attached to the Limited express from Auckland on nights when a train was being run to New Plymouth. Additional loading was made possible by the use of the new “K” engines, which had an ample margin of power to enable the Limited express schedule to be maintained, notwithstanding the additional cars that would he attached to the train between Auckland and Taumarunui.
The first train under the new timetable will leave Auckland connected to the Limited express on Sunday, September 3.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 200, 19 August 1933, Page 3
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