TRANSPORT PROBLEM

Taranaki Daily News, 21 September 1940, Page 7

TRANSPORT PROBLEM

British Official Wireless.

GREAT SUCCESS ACHIEYED

Rec. 5.5. p.m. Rugby, bept. 19. The problem of the transport of large J r-.mbers of workers from Ihe suburbs to central London has been intensified by indiscriminate German bombing, which, | not being directed to military objectives, j must occasionally fall in roadways and | thus affect tramcar and omnibus routes.j An observer who toured the southern district, where a great deal of senseless havoc of this kind has been done, was | impressed by the speed with which pub- j lic transport services had adjusted them- ■ selves to the new routes and mantenance of services. During rush hour trafTic omnibus and tramway employces were unselfishly and cheerfully working at the highest pressure to get workers to or from their homes. and the success they achieved is highly appreciated by the public, who are willing to put up with some inconvenience in the same spirit. At the same time railway staffs have been yvorking magnificently to repalr the damage done to tracks and maintain services. In the words of a passenger, "I always get home, though the railways are making up my mind for me as to the way I do it"