; THAT SLOW TRAIN TO NCAIO.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 10

; THAT SLOW TRAIN TO NCAIO.

Sir,—Regarding attached paragraph .in this ;j mornuig's Dominion, I mast thank you for : , insertion,-..and I also-notice the train crow- \ making-frantic effects during-Hhe ■ last' few ) days to keep time. The Railway. Depart- ~ ment's ■■ denial does not alter 'the- ■ facts,' I j attach the time, of doing the 21' miles last j week: — :' ' :.■ •" ■'■ "■ v. -, : ' : :'■'■'" '.'■ < i' • •■■ . . LeavO'' ' ._; Arrived ■';) '\ , : . '■' ■': ' • ; ' : town. ''■'■'■■ '■' Ngaio.'- •.( '■: Monday'-' ... C.30 p.m.;'- '■■ 5.40 p.ni. M . ] 1 Tuesday '•'.'./ 5;2J5 p.m.'■: 5.52 p.m. - : i ■Wednesday... 6.25 p.m. 5.42 p.rii. - Thursday ■■'.'..■ 5.25 p.m. 5.39 p.m. ■'• Friday ' ... 5.25 p.m. 5.46 p.m: ;' Saturday, 1 no train'.■'■'■■■ ' '^"^ Sunday, no'train. ' ■'■ : Monday (to-day) 5.25 p.m. • 5.41 p.m. : , I attach these figures 'to. show that tho . train is always more than 13 minutes on the, ; journey, I 'and as:! heard a man remark in ' train to-night if the. journey/ was «ino in ' 13 minutes they .would wonder what had gone wrong. " . '■'' -;'■'.' ! : '•'.'■; , l ';[' '"," ■ You oaii verify' my statement ; by inq.uif-, .- in'g of. any. : traveller on .this train', and you. . will find that tho journey 'will hot.' be done ■ at anytime in 13 minutes, unless a banking-; oiigiiio is. attached, which.hashot been done' ; 'until lately.;': -'.':"'•'.•;,!" ' v '''. ;.,,,;;': .Again thiuiking you for your assistance.— l I am,' etc, •'•' ; ." ' .'"-,'•.';■' ■'"'.... ....'>'•' :,..'' DISGUSTED SUBURBANITE: ", ;■ Ngaio, August 9. ; ■ ; ' ~ [The attached paragraph, referred to by our correspondent is as follows:—"A correspond- ■ ent 'writes , complaining 1 that 'the suburban train sorvic'o on'the Manawatu,';linc,; after being'fairly good for a time; has recently 'again developed into a joke. For example, the. 5.25 p.m.' train from town''takes,27. minutes to get to Ngaio,'a; distance of 21 miles,- at the rate- of'sl miles per. hour.'The Railway; this, statement.as', 'grossly' absurd.' They admit;that one night, when the.rails were very' slippery, the train took 17 or 18 minutes to get to Ngaio,, but ' they.'" state' that , it-'has never taken, longertban; that, to tho Department's' knowledge. The schedule time is. 13 minutes, and tlio' ; train, they say,.'is seldom ;late.'']; .';'■■'".'.,.