Precautions For Safety.

Precautions for the safety, and care for the comfort of the travelling public have been fully maintained at the high standard previously set by the Department. In regard to the speeds at which trains are permitted to run, there are now in operation on all lines certain maxima for the various classes of trains, applicable to specified sections of track, in every case in keeping with requirements of world standards for safety in train running.

The greatly improved timing of trains obtained under the recent re-organisation of time-tables has been secured by better distribution of the through-cut time, a reduction in the number and length of stops, a general smartening up of work at intermediate stations, expediting despatch and, in certain cases, a limitation of load to secure better time on the up-grades. Slacks on the various runs have been taken up also, but, in every case, timing of trains from point to point has been made to keep within the maximum limits which engineering theory and experience have shown to provide an adequate margin of safety.