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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 2 (June 1, 1928)

Variations In Traffic And Revenue — as compared with last year—1st April, 1928, to 28th April, 1928

page 64

Variations In Traffic And Revenue
as compared with last year—1st April, 1928, to 28th April, 1928.

District Passengers. Number. Season Tickets. Number. Bearer-tickets. Number. Cattle, Calves. Number. Sheep Pigs. Number. Timber. Tons. Other Goods Tons.
Auckland -24,752 2,040 209 328 -13,580 -2,250 1,987
Ohakune -5,754 21 -3 -261 -7,401 -3,368 -752
Wanganui -7,193 -1 7 2,429 -13,116 -274 -1,994
Wellington 119,702 738 136 -1,050 -16,644 38 2,706
Total N.I.M.L.B. 82,003 2,798 349 1,446 -50,741 -5,854 1,947
Westport -1,795 2 2 -55 245 -9,526
Christchurch -23,299 617 -7 -759 -56,316 -2,739 -14,469
Dunedin -17,481 1,055 -71 -647 -29,142 -97 -11,986
Invercargill -4,317 55 14 -677 35,231 -917 1,062
Total S.I.M.L.B. -45,097 1,727 -64 -2,083 -50,227 -3,753 -25,393
Grand Total 35,111 4.525 287 -635 -101,023 -9,362 -32,972

Revenue

District Passengers. £ Parcels. £ Goods. £ Miscellaneous. £ Total increase or decrease. £
Auckland -7,685 -500 -9,495 -313 -17,993
Ohakune -1,671 -74 -5,768 -442 -7,955
Wanganui -1,886 -246 -2,145 -445 -4,722
Wellington -3,968 -185 92 -835 -4,896
Total N.I.M.L.B. -15,210 -1,005 -17,316 -2,035 -35,566
Westport -111 -10 -1,634 -478 -2,233
Christchurch -4,067 -427 -9,457 -649 -14,600
Dunedin -5,239 -310 -3,375 -358 -9,282
Invercargill -1,260 -190 -214 -524 -2,188
Total S.I.M.L.B. -10,566 -927 -13,046 -1,531 -26,070
Grand Total -25,887 -1,942 -31,996 -4,044 -63,869

Note: “Minus” sign indicates decrease. In all other cases the figures indicate the increase in number, quantity or amount.

Although passenger numbers show a considerable increase there has been a decrease in passenger revenue as well in other classes of traffic. Taken together, however, the March and April periods of this year have held their own in passenger revenue with those of last year, and show a substantial improvement in the numbers carried.

The total decline in revenue is £63,869.

The fact that the first “four-weekly” period this year is of two days’ shorter duration than that of last year accounts for approximately £50,000 of the decrease, the revenue at this time of the year being in the vicinity of £25,000 per day.

Another factor to account for the difference is that Easter falling one week earlier this year than last had the effect of throwing a certain amount of advance bookings for the holiday period this year into the March period, the decrease for the period under the heading of Holiday excursion issues being £12,539, thus accounting for the balance of the total revenue decrease.

Goods traffic produced £15,000 per day so that this traffic was normal for the period.

Published by the New Zealand Government Railways Department, and Printed by Whiteombe & Tombs Ltd., Lambton Quay, Wellington, June 1st, 1928.