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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 11 (March 1, 1928)

“No Cause for Dejection.”

“No Cause for Dejection.”

Sir Herbert Walker, General Manager of the Southern Railway, England, is one of the optimists of the railway world. Speaking at the recent annual dinner of the staff of the General Manager's and Secretary's departments of the Southern Railway, Sir Herbert referred interestingly to the question of rail and road competition. Charabancs, he said, could be coped with but the private car was a much more difficult problem. A man nowadays took his wife and family and toured from resort to resort in a small car. This was undoubtedly the cause of a large proportion of the decline in passenger traffic, but, nevertheless, private cars created a travel atmosphere, and the number of journeys among the population was increasing rapidly. “The Railways,” he said, “had no cause for dejection; they could and would meet the competition, and ultimately they would come into their own again.” It is the conviction of this railway authority that, as the people become fonder of travel (and the evidence points that way), the railways were bound to reap the benefit.