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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 9 (April 1, 1931)

Through the Southern Alps. — Motor Cars by Rail

Through the Southern Alps.
Motor Cars by Rail.

The success of the special loading provisions made for handling motor cars by train between Springfield and Otira, through the tunnel section of the trans-island railway, is exemplified by the increasing traffic carried by this means. Reports to hand show that, especially during holiday periods, a great deal of use is made of this easy means of transport for motorists between East and West. For instance, last Christmas Day fifteen cars were trucked through the tunnel. No one who has traversed the dreary country by road between Porter's Pass and Arthur's Pass, including the treacherous crossing of the Upper Waimakariri, will be surprised that motorists find the railway the cheapest and best way in the long run, for overcoming the alpine barrier between Canterbury and Westland.