Although train services on the Wairarapa Line are back on track following a staffing crisis, it will take a better track record to win back the trust of commuters, a council meeting heard.
At Thursday’s Greater Wellington Regional Council’s Transport Committee meeting, representative Adrienne Staples said Wairarapa commuters were just waiting for their train service to “go wrong” and that it would take a long time to rebuild their trust.
All timetabled services on the Wairarapa Line now operated as trains, with the exceptions of the Upper Hutt to Wellington portion of the 10.30am service departing Masterton, and the Wellington to Upper Hutt portion of the 12.45pm service departing Wellington, a report to the committee said.
