TRAIN TOO FAST?

Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 231, 30 September 1929, Page 3

TRAIN TOO FAST?

PASSENGERS COMPLAIN. STARTLING ALLEGATION. "WALL OF TUNNEL STRUCK." ' (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day. Passengers by the express train from Greymouth on Saturday had a startling experience, following on which they took the unusual course of making a joint complaint regarding what they alleged was the excessive speed of the train. One of the passengers said that shortly after the train left the Cass it was remarked that the speed was unusually great, and that the carriages were swaying. After leaving Avoca the speed seemed to increase, and the swayng of carriages became positively alarming. He declared that one of the carriages swayed to such a dangerous angle that it struck the wall of a tunnel with a distince shock. A protest against the speed of the train was made by some of the passengers when a stop was made at Broken River, but it was not received with any sign of appreciation, but on the following section a moderate speed was observed. •■ At Springfield about twenty of the passengers made a complaint in writing to the stationmaster, and when the train arrived at Rolleston an official from Christchurch boarded it, and took further statements from the passengers. It is stated that there were considerably n»re than 100 passengers on the train.