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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 9, Issue 11 (February 1, 1935)

Railway Cinema Theatre

Railway Cinema Theatre.

There are many means of attracting the traveller to the rail route. At Home, the latest innovation is the provision by the Southern Railway of a special cinema theatre at the Waterloo Terminus, London, to enable passengers to pleasantly while away an odd half-hour while waiting for their train to depart or for friends' trains to arrive.

The Waterloo cinema was designed by Mr. Alastair MacDonald, son of the Prime Minister, and the projection is a new invention whereby a mirror is used in place of the usual screen. The theatre seats 250, and adjoins the principal departure platform. Films of news interest are shewn largely, interspersed by films dealing with Southern Railway activities on both the passenger and freight sides. For the convenience of passengers, train arrival times and the number of the platform are shewn on the screen at the side, and visitors to the cinema have only to inform the paybox cashier of the train which they require to be so announced, to ensure this being done.

Plymouth Sound with G.W.R. Terminal Equipment in the Foreground.

Plymouth Sound with G.W.R. Terminal Equipment in the Foreground.