The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 1 (April 21, 1927)
Variations in Traffic and Revenue as compared with last year—1st April to 5th March, 1927
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Variations in Traffic and Revenue as compared with last year—1st April to 5th March, 1927.
All Sections | 1st Class | Passengers | 2nd Class | Passengers | Total | Season Tickets | All Sections | Cattle | Sheep and Pigs | Total | Timber | Other Goods | Total |
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S | R | S | R | No. | No. | No. | Tons | Tons | Tons | ||||
*1927 | 529,229 | 790,460 | 2,656,689 | 5,600,478 | 9,576,856 | 540,934 | *1927 | 359,563 | 7,489,983 | 7,849,546 | 619,234 | 5,669,119 | 6,288,353 |
†1926 | 607,627 | 1,007,178 | 2,914,889 | 6,265,346 | 10,795,040 | 544,281 | †1926 | 349,683 | 6,441,766 | 6,791,449 | 700,848 | 5,433,549 | 6,134,397 |
Increase | — | — | — | — | — | — | Increase | 9,880 | 1,048,217 | 1,058,097 | — | 235,570 | 153,956 |
Decrease | 78,398 | 216,718 | 258,200 | 664,868 | 1,218,184 | 3,347 | Decrease | — | — | — | 81,614 | — | — |
1926–27 | 1925–26 | ||||||||||||||||
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Section | Miles open for Traffic | Revenue | Miles open for Traffic | Revenue | Revenue | ||||||||||||
Four-weekly | Total to Date | Four-weekly | Total to date | Increase or decrease in total to date | |||||||||||||
North Island,— | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | ||
Kaihu | 24 | 693 | 8 | 2 | 6,387 | 17 | 10 | 24 | 869 | 11 | 5 | 7,332 | 16 | 10 | −944 | 19 | 0 |
Gisborne | 60 | 2,840 | 16 | 4 | 33,648 | 15 | 9 | 60 | 4,006 | 15 | 11 | 35,116 | 18 | 10 | −1,468 | 3 | 1 |
North Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,299 | 383,254 | 16 | 4 | 4,035,344 | 19 | 10 | 1,276 | 417,426 | 16 | 0 | 4,073,656 | 15 | 0 | −38,311 | 15 | 2 |
Total | 1,383 | 386,789 | 0 | 10 | 4,075,381 | 13 | 5 | 1,360 | 422,303 | 3 | 4 | 4,116,106 | 10 | 8 | −40,724 | 17 | 3 |
South Island,— | |||||||||||||||||
South Island Main Lines and Branches | 1,618 | 250,997 | 15 | 1 | 2,571,753 | 6 | 11 | 1,618 | 259,510 | 11 | 6 | 2,482,765 | 0 | 7 | 88,988 | 6 | 4 |
Westport | 43 | 11,673 | 14 | 0 | 131,492 | 1 | 11 | 43 | 10,745 | 19 | 6 | 114,393 | 14 | 9 | 17,098 | 7 | 2 |
Nelson | 64 | 2,273 | 7 | 5 | 21,471 | 18 | 3 | 61 | 2,895 | 4 | 1 | 24,907 | 13 | 10 | −3,435 | 15 | 7 |
Picton | 56 | 4,257 | 12 | 6 | 34,473 | 4 | 10 | 56 | 4,463 | 7 | 11 | 37,207 | 8 | 3 | −2,734 | 3 | 5 |
Total | 1,781 | 269,202 | 9 | 0 | 2,759,190 | 11 | 11 | 1,778 | 277,615 | 3 | 0 | 2,659,273 | 17 | 5 | 99,916 | 14 | 6 |
Operating total | 3,164 | 655,991 | 9 | 10 | 6,834,572 | 5 | 4 | 3,138 | 699,918 | 6 | 4 | 6,775,380 | 8 | 1 | 59,191 | 17 | 3 |
Miscellaneous Revenue | — | 17,277 | 18 | 1 | 239,701 | 16 | 8 | — | 23,890 | 13 | 1 | 212,512 | 2 | 5 | 27,189 | 14 | 3 |
Lake Wakatipu Steamers | — | 927 | 7 | 3 | 9,413 | 17 | 1 | — | 987 | 4 | 1 | 9,513 | 2 | 0 | −99 | 4 | 11 |
Refreshment Rooms, Advertising, and other Subsidiary Services | — | 15,386 | 0 | 7 | 192,576 | 2 | 8 | — | 17,948 | 4 | 0 | 178,027 | 5 | 9 | 14,548 | 16 | 11 |
Departmental Dwellings | — | 6,741 | 10 | 7 | 76,557 | 4 | 1 | — | 5,737 | 10 | 8 | 62,117 | 9 | 2 | 14,439 | 14 | 11 |
Grand total | 3,164 | 696,324 | 6 | 4 | 7,352,821 | 5 | 10 | 3,138 | 748,481 | 18 | 2 | 7,237,550 | 7 | 5 | 115,270 | 18 | 5 |
Note.—“Minus” sign indicates decrease.
page break* 339 days.
† 333 days.