MOTOR RAILWAY SERVICE.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2181, 20 June 1914, Page 5

MOTOR RAILWAY SERVICE.

■ ■ITS.;TMAL^WND.)VEY^,ii...iw. The' Statement made, by "tiro - Mayor of Onslow (Mr:. C.' 0,- omtiip> that the first petrdl : aiil»-a^"dki'fjtig ; (f; ! ta:-l)6 ,|; i'uii ! nn tlio Nmf Zealand ralltfays'w:iir run between Thorndon Station and JohnsonYillo on July 1 ■ is'.verified by the Railway Department. ■;■;.. ■ ' In tho Railways'.Statement of 1913 the Minister (Hon. "\V..H.Tlerries) staged that two motor railway cars had been ordered from' tho ' AYcstinghouse Company. , . One of thesb has recently come to, hand, and it is tho intention of the Department Id use it to give- tho Wellington suburbs 'on-tlie Manawatu line a more frequent-service. ' .: r s P«»ldiig of the project yesterday, Mr. R.-.W. M'Villy, of tho Railway Department, stated that many demands had been- made, by people'along this line for a better service, but the Department had always considered 'that the increased'business "which might be secured bjv, funning i. more trains. to these suburbs would qot repay the extra . expense entailed;. -But these petrol-driven cars could be'ran much more cheaply than .a.train,'.and,.by introducing them, a more frequent serii'ice was niado .possible. Two trips daily would be-; run. to Johnsonville, and; as these trips 'would not occupy tho car for the whole day/it was possible that 'it would bo tried on. other trips, perhaps on tho llutt line.. If'the traffic on the' Jolinsonv.ille,:run we're ;foand, after a proper trial, notVto warrant the continuance- ,of the extra service, it could be'assumed that the extra service would not be.jcontitiued, and that the car would -be used elsewhere.