STRATFORD LINE
MAY BE OPENED ON LABOUR DAY (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND, October 7. Every effort is being made by the Railways Department to have the Stratford Main Trunk open for express traffic by Labour Day, so that confusion with holiday trains will be minimized. It is expected that Auckland-New Plymouth expresses will resume running on the line on October 20 for the first time since it was extensively damaged during the floods . eight months ago. Many major obstacles have had to be removed since repair work began on February 25. At the peak of activity more than 200 men were employed with machinery, which included bulldozers, winches and hauling gear. More than 200 slips required clearing. 30 subsidences and washouts were filled and about 50 culverts and water drives were restored.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 October 1940, Page 9
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132STRATFORD LINE Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 October 1940, Page 9
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