TRAIN EFFICIENCY
CROWDS SHIFTED AWAY FROM CITY »] MANY EXCURSIONISTS .- J " st as Quietly and efficiently as m.uuo extra passengers were brougl t :nto Auckland to see the Test match, tho huge crowd of excursionists was returned to its homes by the Railway Department on Saturday and last evening. Four special trains left Auckland after the match, the station presenting a particularly busy scene. Tvo ‘'specials” for Hamilton and for Rotorua and the East Coast were the first to leave, each carrying several hundred passengers. Special trains for Opua and Taumarunui were delayed in order that passengers might obtain refreshments before leaving on their long journey. Large crowds also travelled on the suburban trains on Saturday evening and the Limited express and an augmented second express last evening were well filled with returning visitors. The second express contained 19 carriages and > tho largest passenger train dispate from Auckland since Christmas.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1035, 28 July 1930, Page 9
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149TRAIN EFFICIENCY Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1035, 28 July 1930, Page 9
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