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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 2, Issue 11 (March 1, 1928)

Transport Developments

Transport Developments.

At the World Motor Transport Congress recently held in London, official representatives of more than fifty nations unanimously carried a resolution calling for sane co-ordination between rail and road transport in the interests of the carriers and the public. All over the page 19 world there is real need for wise co-operation between rail and road, and a policy of cut-throat competition would be deplorable in the extreme.

The Home railways are now seeking fullest powers to operate road services of their own on both the passenger and freight sides, and it is anticipated that these powers will be duly granted by the government at an early date. Pending the securing of permission to undertake road transport in all its forms, the group lines are extending to a considerable extent the road motor services already operated by them in rural areas. Following the lead of the London and North Eastern and Great Western lines, the London, Midland and Scottish Railway has recently introduced road collection and delivery services between the railhead and farms in a number of agricultural areas. Warehouses have been opened up, at selected centres, in which stocks may be held by manufacturers, and from which farmers' supplies may be delivered in suitable quantities for immediate consumption when storage accommodation on the farms is limited. In the return direction, road motor transport is furnished between farm and railway depot for agricultural produce of all kinds.