They don't seem to have a website to link to, but go and find a copy
and read it!
by Peter
Just a reminder that the next Get the Train meeting is Thursday week:
Thursday 27th November
7pm at Dell's place,
5 View St
Orokonui, Waitati
Look forward to seeing you
Kaia
Wayne Mason
Thusday, November 20th, 8pm
$10
Waitati Hall (doors open 7:30)
Kaia
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from Get the Train group
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons expressed support for
passenger trains in Dunedin in a pre-election interview in today's
'Otago Daily Times'.
Jeanette told 'ODT' political editor Dene Mackenzie that she was
brought up in Mosgiel and remembered travelling regularly on the train
between Dunedin and her home.
Given the existing rail line, the Hillside rail workshops and the
increasing use of the main trunk line for freight, she would support
any efforts to re-establish a light rail commuter service between
Mosgiel and Dunedin.
Full interview text on the ODT website:
Otago voted with its feet in favour of regional rail services
yesterday when the Taieri Gorge Railway charter train to Wingatui was
booked out. Extra bus services were organised in addition to the train
to take racegoers to the racing club's Melbourne Cup Day.
Taieri Gorge Railway operations manager Grant Craig said that 400
tickets were sold, the entire allocation. The train had 12 carriages
and locomotives were attached at either end to save the need for
shunting.
"People could go out and have a good time without worrying about
drinking too much," Grant said. "And then we brought them all right
back to the centre of town."
Wednesday's 'Otago Daily Times' (p2, 5 November) had a nice picture of
the train's departure from Dunedin.
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