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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 9 (January 1, 1929)

Variations In Traffic And Revenue — 1st April, 1928, to 8th December, 1928—as compared with last year

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Variations In Traffic And Revenue
1st April, 1928, to 8th December, 1928—as compared with last year.

District. Passengers. Number. Season Tickets. Number. Bearer Tickets. Number. Road Motor Passengers. Number. Cattle, Calves. Number. Sheep, Pigs. Number. Timber. Tons. Other Goods. Tons.
Auckland -55,547 9,001 1,663 88,110 -17,959 -16,441 -9,676
Ohakune -13,197 229 13 7,588 -255 -8,857 2,322
Wanganui -11,478 125 67 52,199 -33,030 1,572 7,073
Wellington -96,090 13,626 -139 1,459,537 29,904 -20,537 -931 24,046
Total N.I.M.L.B. -176,312 22,981 1,604 1,459,537 177,801 -71,781 -24,657 23,765
Christchurch -22,455 9,560 519 18,685 6 93,489 18,153 36,208
Dunedin -11,512 9,219 267 -813 -856 170,144 -1,293 7,627
Invercargill -16,611 393 44 -575 112,836 -3,530 -6,832
Total S.I.M.L.B. -50,578 19,172 830 17,872 -1,425 376,469 13,330 37,003
Westport -4,149 -150 20 -512 -518 -2,162
Other small sections 849 -130 -8 578 13,683 -901 -5,089
Grand Total -230,190 41,873 2,426 1,477,409 176,974 317,859 -12,746 53,517

Revenue.

District. Passengers. £ Parcels. £ Goods. £ Road Motor. £ Miscellaneous. £ Total Increase or Decrease. £
Auckland -17,920 1,137 -13,773 4,596 -25,960
Ohakune -3,140 87 -8,622 -201 -11,876
Wanganui -5,318 -694 -657 -1,210 -7,879
Wellington -21.254 800 28,582 48,509 856 57,493
Total N.I.M.L.B. -47,632 1,330 5,530 48,509 4,041 11,778
Christchurch -7,176 -771 33,364 2,581 35 28,033
Dunedin -6,208 -662 3,361 -146 -761 -4,416
Invercargill -4,357 -803 -8,138 -462 -13,760
Total S.I.M.L.B. -17,741 -2,236 28,587 2,435 -1,188 9,857
Westport -373 -52 247 -716 -894
Other small sections 816 131 1,041 -40 1,948
Grand Total -64,930 -827 35,405 50,944 2,097 22,689
Note.—“Minus” sign indicates decrease. In all other cases the figures indicate the increase in number, quantity or amount.

The total operating revenue for the Dominion shews an increase of £22,689 for the nine periods (252 days) of the current year as compared with the corresponding periods (254 days) of last year.

Extended operations of bus services and a substantial increase in the goods traffic are the factors chiefly responsible for the increased revenue.

“Ordinary” train tickets on all but the small sections shew a decline, which is offset, however, by the increase in the number of bearer and season tickets issued, and the operations of the bus services.

The increased traffic in cattle and calves in the North Island is chiefly due to the activity of the boneless veal industry, and to the good prices ruling for beef and dairy stock. The position in the South Island is normal.

North Island traffic in sheep and pigs has been affected by the wet spring, but a big increase in this traffic is shewn for the South Island, on account of the good season experienced in the earlier part of the current year.

Timber traffic shews a decline of 13,000 tons, due largely to depression in the building trade throughout the Dominion, and to the depletion of forests in the Auckland district.

The tonnage of “other goods” shews the substantial increase of 53,500 tons. The increase not general for the Dominion, however, as small decreases are shewn for the Auckland and Invercargill districts and the smaller sections.

The movement of a lesser tonnage of phosphate accounts for the principal decline in the Auckland district, the Invercargill district decrease being due to bad weather adversely affecting the traffic in road metal and general merchandise for export.

Shipping operations, resulting in increased imports and exports, have largely influenced the favourable figures under this heading.

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