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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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