THE RAILWAY SERVICE.
The Minister for Railways was unable to give the Taranaki deputation which waited upon him at Wellington last week any assurance that an immediate improvement in the service between New Plymouth and Wellington was possible, though from the remarks of the General Manager, who followed the Minister, it is evident the Department is trying out the new. locomotives and considering what can be done to speed, up the service, so that we may hope for an improvement in the near future. That there is ample room for it will (be generally agreed. Without increasing the speed of the engines at all it ought to be possible to put down the time' materially, by eliminating many of the stops, which in the aggregate account for two hours of the twelve hours’ journey between New Plymouth and Wellington. The Minister said he would be no party to any alteration of the services that involved additional expense. The deputation did not suggest anything of the kind; merely that the present services should be rearranged to suit the faster mail service. It is satisfactory to learn that the Department is putting on a carriage exclusively for women and children, as obtains on the Main Trunk line. It will prove a great boon. Complaint was made by the deputation of the general inferiority of the service compared with the Main Trunk, but from the tone of the Manager’s reply, which was to the effect that it was as good as the Napier service, there is no prospect of an immediate improvement. The Department apparently does not realise that if it is to make the service more remunerative it should first make it more attractive to and popular with the public. The railways have now a formidable competitor in the motor ear. and one that will grow keener and more •formidable in the near future. So the Department must not rest satisfied, but go on improving the service and studying the convenience and comfort of the public in every way. There is ample scope for its activities in this respect.
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Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1922, Page 4
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347THE RAILWAY SERVICE. Taranaki Daily News, 3 October 1922, Page 4
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