Railway and Air Co-ordination.

Co-Ordination of rail and road transport proceeds steadily throughout Britain, while the four group railways are also becoming increasingly interested in the movement of passengers and goods by sea and air. This month we have to record developments (of particular interest to New Zealand) associated with the opening in London, jointly by Imperial Airways and the Southern Railway, of a new railway station to house the special trains operating to and from the Empire Flying Base at Southampton. This station has every modern equipment in the way of waiting halls, refreshment facilities, luggage handling apparatus, and so on, and is situated adjacent to the Victoria terminal, world-famed for its many continental services. In addition to this new development, the Southern Railway has recently established, in cooperation with the Great Western, a new organisation, styled Great Western and Southern Air Lines, to provide air services in southern and southwestern England. The big air undertaking known as Railway Air Services Limited, in which the four group lines are largely interested, has throughout the summer been operating fast flights between London and all parts of the country. Among this year's improvements was the provision of a direct through service between London, Manchester, Liverpool and Glasgow. Four air services are provided daily between Liverpool, Manchester and London, one of these being especially popular as it makes a continental connection in the metropolis, enabling travellers to be in Paris before lunch.