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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 5 (September 1, 1930)

Inter-Island Traffic

Inter-Island Traffic.

In May, 1925, the Railway Department introduced a system providing for the through booking of passengers, parcels and goods by rail and sea between stations in the North and South Islands. Prior to that time passengers travelling from one Island to the other had perforce to suffer the inconvenience of obtaining their boat tickets at one or other of the towns or ports where offices of the steam ship companies were located. Similarly, the existing facilities for the through transportation of parcels and goods traffic were not sufficiently attractive to encourage the growth of any great volume of traffic between the two Islands.

Under the new system these disabilities have disappeared. Passengers from one Island to the other are now able to obtain steamer tickets and berth reservations together with their railway tickets at the station from which they commence their journey. Similarly, a consignor at a station in the North or South Island, by simply filling in the usual consignment note, is assured of the prompt conveyance of his goods to any station in either Island.

Some idea of the extent to which the railway through booking system has established itself in the favour of the public is gained from the fact that since its inception in 1925, 31,153 passengers and 50,935 tons of goods have been dealt with.

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