CORRESPONDENCE.

Upper Hutt Weekly Review, Volume I, Issue 5, 17 January 1936, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

We will be pleased to receive letters on subjects of general interest to Upper Hutt residents. If suitable they will be published under the above heading-, subject, of course, to the limitations of space. It is understood that the opinions, criticisms or suggestions expressed by our correspondents are their own and not necessarily the views of the "Weekly Review." Correspondence can appear under a nom-de-plume but correspondents must enclose their name and address to the Editor. RAILWAY STATION PLATFORM. The Editor, Sir, —No doubt you have noticed the dangerous and unsatisfactory way the passengers have to board or leave the trains at "Upper Hutt station. Several of the trains are started from the siding and several trains from Wellington arrive in the siding and passengers have to jump from the platform to board trains and when trains arrive from Wellington clamber over the rails and get the best way they can on to the. platform. This is a most unsatisfactory way of catering for passengers, especially where women and children are concerned. I have been all over New Zealand and this is the only station which is allowed to do this. Step down off any other platform and you would soon have the S.M. and porters talking of prosecution. Now, there is a double platform halfway along the station. Why not extend it the full length and do away with this dangerous practice ? They would then have an arrival and departure platform for all trains, with very little cost to the department. Hoping some other pen will take this matter up, if only for the sake of safety,—l am, etc., A WELL-WISHER.