FRANKTON RAILWAY STATION

Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19945, 23 July 1936, Page 6

FRANKTON RAILWAY STATION

The expenditure of £IO,OOO on the railway yards at Frankton Junction will improve the conditions under which the stnfls of the Department have to work. The junction is one of the busiest in the Dominion and provision must be made for the rapid handling of traffic. But it is to be hoped that the alterations will not be limited solely to the tCChnlcul requirements of the railway service. In the matter of reasonable facilities for the travelling public the station at Frankton Junction falls fur below the standard. People arriving there to connect with some other line often have to wait a considerable time, and there is no comfortable waiting room. This fact is brought home to people in wintry weather, and the lack of facilities is felt severely by those who have children with them. A part of the space in the ticket lobby has been used to make a small room for some members of the staff, and travellers, for the most part, hum simply to get on the lee side of the stution buildings nnd wait. until their trnin draws in. Being an island station access is a. ditheulty, but if the trailie passing through is taken into consideration it would be dillienlt to mention any station that offers such sparse facilities for the travelling public. The lay—out of the yards may, in the opinion of the authorities, «all for immediate improvement but the necessity for better conditions for those using the station should not be overlooked.