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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 4, Issue 4 (August 1, 1929)

Railhead Distribution Service

Railhead Distribution Service.

Hand-in-hand with the development of road services, the Home railways are placing a new facility at the disposal of the trading community. This is what is styled the railhead distribution service. Traffic is despatched in bulk by rail to storage depots on the railway premises, for distribution therefrom in small lots by road motor service to meet retail requirements. The road motors are operated by the railways themselves. Another facility associated with this movement is the reception by the railways of traffic for bulk storage and subsequent delivery as and when required by retailers. In other words, the Home railways now act at these railhead depots as manufacturers’ agents, and perform all the usual services of such agents, at a reasonable fee. Here, without doubt, is an especially worth-while activity in this present era of road transport competition.