ARTHUR’S PASS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 July 1923, Page 4

ARTHUR’S PASS.

Tin; tii.us si itvin (Crev Star.)

Vesterday. Mr.l. 1.. Morgan. District Traffic .Manager, staled tin l providing the depnrtmenlal officers who are to inspect the line prior to the opening of the service are satisfied "ith the work, the through passenger trains will commence permanently on Monday, August (>. two days, alter the official opening of the tunnel. As all trains wil 1 run through the tunnel, the day of the loaches ami the journey '‘over the hill" will thus have eeme to an end. When tliu service through the tunnel opens, trains will run between (Jreyinottth and ( hristchiirch and vice versa four days a week, Mondays. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The new order of things will moan the addition of one day to the timetable travellers on the Midland line have been accustomed to, atul those who make the overland journey frequently will find the inclusion of Monday a great advantage. It is not the intention of the Department to institute a daily service unless the demands on the service at present contemplated render it necessary. It is important for intending pas-; sengers to remember that on the day of the ofli'ittl opening the usual Saturday overland service will he suspended both on the railway and on the coaches, fn-tead there will be an overland service on Friday, August 3, which, if all goes as well as the department expect--, will be the last da\ of the tri-weekly services, and incidentIv the hist day on which the coach services, familiar to the overland traveller for two generations, will carry its human burden over the Southern Alps. BPSgQHBMBBMBWMBM—gWUMEM