For Railway Passengers Guidance.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 6 May 1910, Page 4

For Railway Passengers Guidance.

SUMMARY OF THE NEW TIME TABLE. The alterations and amendments to the railway time table have reduced many a citizen to tho state of John Jones, costermonger, some time of London, made illustrious by a song writer who sang of him that "since Jack Jones came into a tittle bit of oof 'e dunno where e' arol The experiences of varying timo tables during the past three or four months have left dubious impressions in the minds of citizens, and quito a number have missed their passages through confusing last month's times with those of the present. <No doubt there will be general appreciation felt for the subjoined summary of train times, which will be printed in "The Chronicle" from day to day, until familiarity cures the present doubtfulness with which residents in variois localities are afflicted.

As previously mentioned, there are several wayside stations at which one or moro of tho above trains will stop whenever passengers desire to be set down or taken up. Local residents may ascertain which are the trains which cater for their towns, and may then work out, from the above figures, the time which the train will tako to travel from tho station immediately preceding. The Auckland express reaches Palmerston, from tho North, at 12.40 p.m. and arrives at Thorndon at 4.7 p.m. The Auckland express leaves Thorndon at 12.15 p.m. and reaches Palmerston at 3.35 p.m.

FROM WELLINGTON. I.I"! gC.g 2 NEW PLYMOUTH-THORNDON TRAIN. §5-3 *. a.m. a.m. a.m. a.m. p.m. ~ a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. Thorndon ... ... — 7.45 9.10 9.30 4.15 • r+ S'.F g -« Palmerston ... ... 7.0 12.15 2.43 3.37 5.0 Paekakariki 6.40 9.7 10.36 11.15 6.2 S-Sg-. SLg; Tokomaru ... ...** * — * Waikanae ... ... * * — 11.50 * y 2 tr cOS.® Makerua ... ... — — —• — * Te Horo * — * * * . <L" 5-1"® » Shannon 8.5 2.0 3.28 4.16 6.12 Otaki 7.50 9.52 11.20 12.20 7.0 £■ 2 = o Koputaroa * * — * _ Manakau * _ * * * Levin S.39 2.40 3.52 4.42 6.47 Ohau ... ... * * — * * Ohau ... ... * * — * * Levin 8.50 10.23 11.50 1.5 7.44 £?§"§ .Manakau * * — * Koputaroa. * * — * * " = „ = 5 5" Otaki 9.25 3.25 4.21 5.13 7.45 Shannon 9.30 10.48 12.11 1.56 8.14 Te Horo » * * * Makerua ... ... * — — * * c e :L' Waikanae ... ... * * * * Tokomaru ... ... * * * * * c5*S?"e"o»*" S-" 2 Paekakariki ... ... 10.33 4.30 5.0 5.57 8.55 Palmerston (arrive) ... 10.45 11.32 12.58 3.10 9.5 r-ir-c § sr Wellington ... ... 12.13 2.30 6.22 7.23 10.45 * Stops when requested. £ So © * Stops when requested.