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Railways poster, 1930s

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Railways poster, 1930s

Public transport companies promoted suburban living in the period before private cars became widely available. New Zealand Railways produced this 1930s billboard to encourage suburban dwellers to travel by train.

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Mark Derby, Suburbs – The role of transport, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/25058/railways-poster-1930s (accessed 11 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 4 February 2010.