RAILWAY RIVALRY.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3252, 24 June 1911, Page 11

RAILWAY RIVALRY.

SERVICES THAT ARE REALLY

CONVENIENT

With the opening of May there commenced an interesting railway battle — a struggle between the Great Eastern Railway and the London, Tilbury, and Southend, for the passenger traffic between London and Southend. The challenge comes from the Great Eastern Company, following on tlie announcement of the. alliance between tlie London. Tilbury and Southend and the Midland Railway. Breakfast cars from Southend in the morning for City men, and tea and Slipper car train® back again each night, covering the journey in an hour, is the great attraction offered bythe new service of the Great Eastern. A business man living at Southend will from Mav Ist be able to catch an express at 8.f6 a.m., have breakfast in Liverpool street station at 9.16 a.m. Going home again, he can obtain teft for.G.d on the 5.3 p.m. down expres®, arriving at Southend at 6.1 p.m. When he visits a West End theatre he can take supper, which will cost Is 6d, on the .midnight restaurant express, and reach hi? destination at 1.0 a.m. Altogether the Great Eastern will run five new express trains: tip arid down each day except Saturday, accomplishing the journey in from 58 minutes to 64 minutes. On Saturdays four down expresses will run between 1.2.50 and 3 p.m. An advantage held bv the London, Tilbury, find Soutliend Company is in having the shorter route —35| miles'— and their fastest trains do,the run in 55 minutes. A special late theatre train is run on, the Tilbury route straight through from Charing Cross at 12.19 a.m.