£2,000,000

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1066, 2 September 1930, Page 1

£2,000,000

COST OF NEW STATION AND DEVIATION OPENING NEXT MONTH THE SUN'S Parliamentary Reporter WELLINGTON, Today. Auckland’s new station and yards, and the Westfield deviation, are expected to cost £2,000.000 In his annual statement, the Minister of Railways, the Hon. W. A. Veitch, states that the new station at Auckland is expected to open at the end of October. This will enable the staff to become familiar with the working of the station before the busy season commences. It is anticipated that the final cost of the station and yards, which includes interlocking, signalling, etc., will approximate £1,210,000, while the cost of the Westfield deviation, including several stations en route, will be £790,000, making a total expenditure of £2,000,000. WELLINGTON’S NEW STATION The work of reorganising the Wellington station yard is progressing satisfactorily. The completion of the Tawa Flat deviation works, and the rearrangement of the railway facilities, will synchronise with the completion of the new station. The sum of £468,000 has already been spent on reclamation works and new yard accommodation, and it is estimated that £1,085,000 will be required to complete the undertaking—that is, the station buildings and yard. This figure does not include the Tawa Flat deviation. On March 31, 1930, the sum of £670,000 had been expended on this work. It is estimated that a further sum of £545,000 will be required to complete it. The total cost therefore will be £1,215,000.