A Railway Camping Holiday

Considerable novelty has been given to railway travel in Britain recently. Like the New Zealand lines, the Home railways

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The Dunedin-Christchurch express passing along the picturesque sea-front at Timaru, South Island, New Zealand.

have sought to attract the traveller by the operation of mystery trains, hiking trains, cruise trains, and so on. Now, the London and North Eastern Railway has developed another novel idea, which takes the form of a camping car scheme. This provides for the conversion of disused railway carriages into complete homes on wheels, which provide every facility and convenience for a profitable railway camping holiday.

The carriages are placed near pretty roadside stations on selected routes. Accommodation is given in each carriage for six people, the tenancy rate being £2 per week per carriage. Large numbers of holiday-makers are availing themselves of this cheap accommodation. Fitted with all essential equipment, including cutlery, crockery, kettles, pans, beds, bed-linen, lamps, etc., each carriage provides two bedrooms, one for two persons, and the other for four persons; a living room; and a small kitchen. All that is necessary is for the party to travel by rail to the site of their selection, and arrange their own commissariat. The camping habit is growing steadily in Britain. Here is a plan by which may be enjoyed all the delights of camping, with none of its privations. —(From Our London Correspondent.)