New Hutt Railway Nearly Completed
LOOPING THE VALLEY RESIDENTIAL EXPANSION C From Our Iter -r Correspondent.! j WEL GTON, Monday Largely with the object of faciliu ing settlement in the Hutt Valley,: which the residential area grows n; idly daily, the Government is extra ing the railway line branching old main line at Lower Hutt, cuttfc through the valley and joining it line again a few miles further on. Construction gangs are now on: last lap and the line is expected io > opened in the middle of May »bs the new time-table will be run tot in with the ordinary suburban ta service to the city. The level-crossing problem hast solved by overhead ramps, wt were recently completed and arei in use. The new line also runs to the 1? railway workshops near Petone. W the efficient combine of h* serv . already on the Hutt andc: runs, it is doubtful if the departm--will succeed in capturing the pa.'ger traffic, although special efforts: interchangeable concession tickets!' to b« made when the line is opet
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 34, 3 May 1927, Page 8
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173New Hutt Railway Nearly Completed Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 34, 3 May 1927, Page 8
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