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Speeding Up With Change in Time-table USE OF DEVIATI0N
(Bv Telegraph-
•WELLINGTON, Last Night, In a statAnenfc .to the Press the Minister' of Eailways (Hon. D. G, Sullivan) announc'ed ' that' important timetable altefatiotfs Would' come into operation on and af ter. June 20, folldwittg the opening of the nevj station at Wellington on Baturday, June 19, when all passenger trains will use the Tawa Flat deviation. The change- over to the deviation makes it possible to reJuce appreciably the running time of all trains using the Wellington-Palmerston North portion of the. Maia Trunk. A saving of 42 minutes will be effected in tho runnin'g of the ;3 p,m. Atickland-Wellington ex- ■' press", ahd a saving of 26 minutes will be made in tbe running. of the 7 p.m. Aueklafid-Wellington Limited. ; The arrival and "departure times- of the Maui Trunk expresses have been , • arranged to coincide in both directions. The Limited -will take 141 bours for the • run between the Auckland and Wellingtoh terrninals, and the ordinary ex- , presses 16 hours. ' Time-saviug alterations are also be- : ing made in the case of the New Ply* month and Napier expresses, as well as Wellington-Palmerston North local trains, and alterations to provide faste-r services have been arranged for various Wellington suburban lines; also on the Wairarapa route.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 113, 29 May 1937, Page 7
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