The Dunedin City Council is calling for the return of passenger rail in the south. The Southerner express service ran between Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill until 2002.
The Dunedin City Council this morning approved a submission to central government calling for the return of passenger rail between Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill.
The submission is in response to parliament’s Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee’s inquiry into the future of inter-regional passenger rail
The Dunedin City Council also wants the viability of commuter rail between Mosgiel and Dunedin assessed.
Councillor David Benson-Pope, who moved a motion in support of the council’s submission to parliament, said passenger rail had been overlooked for too long.
