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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 10 (February 1, 1928)

Continental Rail-cum-road Co-ordination

Continental Rail-cum-road Co-ordination.

New Zealand railwaymen are rightly taking an ever-growing interest in the subject of road competition, and any developments in other lands in the plans of the railways to meet the changed conditions arising out of the development of road transport are of vital concern at the present juncture. It is recognised the world over that there are big possibilities for co-ordination of rail and road services, and not long ago the fusion of certain German road carriers with the German railways was recorded as a noteworthy effort in this direction.

Now comes news of a somewhat similar plan put into being in Hungary. In this central European land, the State and private railways have joined forces, and—with the co-operation of the Budapest Automobile Traffic Company and other important road carriers—have set up a new organisation, styled the “Automobile Traffic Enterprise of the Hungarian Railways,” to engage in road transport business in co-ordination with the rail services. The railways have supplied half the capital of the new undertaking, and private interests the remaining capital. Both passenger and freight services are being operated by road vehicles, attention being devoted primarily to the development of areas unserved by railway, and which will act as valuable feeders to the rail route.

Anglo-Scottish fast goods train, London and North-Eastern Railway.

Anglo-Scottish fast goods train, London and North-Eastern Railway.