The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 2 (May 1, 1935)
Facilities for Holiday-makers
Facilities for Holiday-makers.
The success attending the scheme introduced on the Home railways last year of providing stationary camping cars for holiday-makers at selected beauty spots, has this year led to the introduction of touring camping carriages. These cars are worked by train from place to place, day by day, following a specially prepared schedule, giving holiday-makers an opportunity of visiting numerous attractive vacation haunts with a minimum of trouble and expense.
The cars are virtually caravans on railway wheels. Each vehicle is provided with six separate sleeping compartments, each with its own toilet facilities. Accommodation for a seventh person is available in a spare compartment equipped with a collapsible bed. The cars have also a comfortable living-room, and a kitchen with full cooking facilities. An adequate supply of crockery, cutlery and linen is included in the equipment. The inclusive charge for the use of a touring camping car, apart from the cost of provisions, for a week's tour, works out at from £15 to £20. Already, heavy bookings are being registered, and the tourist camping car promises to prove a sure business-bringer.