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Full Name: Your Auckland Railway News
Issue Number: 4
Issue Date:
Volume and Number: 1/4
Pages: 2
Page Range: 1-2
Cover Image: n.a.
CONTENTS
NZ's First Railfan Special excursion - Auckland - Onehunga - Waiuku - Auckland
Station Developments
- Auckland Station is being repainted and renovated
- Baldwin Ave and Fruitvale Rd stations came into use from the 28/09/1953
- Strand Station (Tauranga) has been renewed to a design similar to the Hutt Valley Stations
- Taumarunui signalling has been upgraded to colour lights and motorised points
Auckland port's Import Wharf has the most modern track arrangement in NZ. Loco_C862 was testing the track on 18/09/1953
Timetable changes for the main Trunk which also incorporate the permanent 30 mph restriction for 11 miles over the Mercer Swamps .