For Railway Passengers Guidance.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 April 1914, Page 4

For Railway Passengers Guidance.

THE LOCAL TJAiK TABLE

Sarching through a railway timetable makes most people irritable. The railway table, like the polony, contains many good: things, but the public prefer have the one particular food v (whether mental or alimentary; desired on a given occasion, not a hoich potch rig'ures concerning the braivh line of Toko, the aide, track at Waggonville, or the cross line to X ever in arch. The particular tiguics likely <o be of benefit to dwellers between PackukarikJ and Palmerston North are what readers of The Ci>vonicl(.' need mosl, and for ouj , readerß , convenience tlmic i\'{-v- , i are now appended:—

Some of the above trains will stop at intermediate stations, suchas Tokomaru, Oliau, Manakau, Te Horo, etc.; but there ',re pome which do not. "Residents should acquaint themselves with the trains which do stop at their particular stations.

As previously mentioned, there several wayside stations at which one or more of the above trains will stop whenever passengers desire to be set down or taken at) Local residents may ascertain are the trains which cater for their towns, and may then work out, from the abor'a ngures, the time the train vvill take to travel from the station immediately preceding. The Auckland express reaches Palmerston from the North, at i2.4U 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 J. 35 p.in The extra Auckland "xpress commenced Ist October.

TO WELLINGTON. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. PMmerston 7.0 12.15 2.33 3.37 5.G Tnkomaru * * ° — "^ Makeruu — — —- — J Shannon 8.0 2.0 3.28 4.1(5 6.1L Koputaioa * * — * L.-vin 8.39 2.42 3.54 4.42 ii.il Oh:iu Manakau " • " — Ofaki 9.25 3.25 4.21 5.13 \.'A To Horn • • Waikanac • * — " Paekakoriki 10.33 4.30 5.0 S.iv.WellinjrinTi .12.15 8.35 rt.50 7.23 10.4". * Stops where requcs^l

if'llUM WELLINGTON. - : a.m. a.m. a.m. . m. ».m. Thorndon — T.45 9.10 £25 4.15 Paekakariki 6.40 9.7 10.36 11.15 6.*' Waikanae • * . — H-50 • Te Horo r - • • • • Otaki r.bO 9.52 11.20 12.20 7.0 Manakau • __ ■• • ■ Ohau • — Levin 8.50 10.21 11.56 1.5 7.44 Koputaroa • • — * e Shannon 9.30 10.48 12.11 1.56 8.14 Makerua e — — ° e Tokomaru ... • * * * * Palmeratcm (arrive) ... 10.45- il.32 1.3 2.68 ° Stops whdn requested.