MORE RAIL CARS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 463, 3 July 1937, Page 3

MORE RAIL CARS

EAST COAST LINE Additional Services In Both Islands Napier, June 29. Announcing 'the provision of a railear service on the Wellington-Napier-Wairoa-Gisborne line, the Minister of Railways, Hon. D. G. Sullivan, pre«dicted that rail-ears wouldi form a most valuable asset to railway l services in New Zealand. 'So successful had been the results obtained in speed, passenger comfort and economic advantage from the rail-car services already running in the Wairarapa and on the Canterbury-West Coast line, that consideration had been given to proposals which would enable the introduction of rail-cars in the following areas in the North island: Wellington-Niapier-Wlxiiroa Gisborne line; between Wanganui and Marton; between Wellington and Palmerston North; on the ston North-Whipukurau-Napier route; on the Taneatua-Tauranga - Paeroa line, and on the section between Frankliion Junction and OhnliJue’. These services would be additional to those already announced between Wellington and New Plymouth. In the South Island it was proposed to supply rail-cars for ‘the following routes: On the ChristchurchV\*«Lu and> Christchurch-Parnassus IM*; for the run from Dunedin to Seacliff and Oamaru; between Christchurch and Greymouth; and on the Otago Central line between Dunedin and Cromwell. Several services I would also be provided in the South- ’ land district for use between Inverj cargill, Lumsden, Kingston and Gore. : To give effect to these tentative . proposals it would' be necessary to i construct 12 articulated rail-cars, • each with a carrying capacity of ap- ; proximately 52 passengers. ; The Minister added that the work of starting additional rail-car services in the Dominion had unfortuntely been held up to some extent by the difficulty qf obtaining equipment from the United Kingdom. Nevertheless the work was being pushed ahe'ad as fast as supplies coulZ be obtained.