The "Night Limited"s heyday was in the 1930s, when multiple extra services had to be run at the peak Christmas and Easter holiday periods to cater for the traffic volume. Accommodation on board was primarily seated, although first class sleeping cars were utilised. The sleeping cars had sixteen two-person cabins reached by a corridor along one side of the carriage. Dining cars were never used on the "Night Limited" as they had been withdrawn as a World War I-era economy measure and not re-introduced to the North Island during the "Night Limited"s time. Passengers could purchase refreshments at stops along the journey.