TOWN HALL STATION IS NOT FORGOTTEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 304, 15 March 1928, Page 10

TOWN HALL STATION IS NOT FORGOTTEN

CATERING FOR SUBURBS SURVEY OF LINE IN HAND The proposal to . establish a railway station in the vicinity of the Auckland Town Hall has not been lost sight of, and the survey of the suggested line to connect with the present Morningside station is in hand. T ITTLE is being said by the <|g prrtment about the project t« Mr. E. Casey, divisional superintend, ent at Auckland, says it might not be many years before this proposal is executed. Cabinet had approved the scheme several years ago, and n soon as the new Auckland railway station was completed the attend* of the department presumably would be turned in the direction of the city deviation. For obvious reasons, he would njt disclose the direction in •hich it »ui proposed to construct the line, bn he said the progress of the schema would depend largely upon the policy of the State Treasury. When ultimately completed it would provfch greater facility for suburban tram travellers. Mr. Casey was asked if the location of the new Auckland railway strnioa was expected to affect suburban traffic adversely, on account of the long walk occasioned from Queen Street. He admitted that thereiras likely to be a reaction when the situation of ) the station was chan?*4 but he relied upon the competiti*i fares oi the department to retain the regular suburban passengers. larticularly in the more far-flung of Auckland’s outer areas. In other cities people had to wall much further to their trains titan would the people of Auckland when the station site was shifted. The old station buildings and Ini up to Break water Road will be either leased or sold by the department uni presumably subdivided for city but ness sites.