Underated performer - all we heard was what was wrong and it became fashionable to bag rail. Unsupported by successive anti rail governments for 15 years at one stage owned by incompetent overseas interests. Rail suffered the same indiiference as housing and look where that has left us. Every other western country fully supports rail - NZ has fostered bloody trucks and cars in the never ending catch up game of providing more and more roads and spending exhorbant amounts off shore on increasing oil costs etc. No brainer but we may now have lost the battle and highlights the incompetence at times of many of our decision makers. Let's hope the Hamilton to Auckland rail service is successful but the initiative my be too late. Great shame.
I remember an NZ Rail ad in the 80s, for a bunch of Scottish people attending a wedding. I saw it on RU-vid a while ago but can't find it again - sound familiar to anyone?
The attitude on railways that should never have left!!! I just hope someones takes over with the same commitment one day before the current business leaders run the railways into the ground!!!
No doubt the best way to move stuff around the country. But like all govt departments, wrecked by incompetent morons & lazy thieving workers. Thats the truth.
