Restore Passenger Rail\u00a0protests around New Zealand in recent weeks have received a lot of news coverage and caused a fair bit of frustration. As public transport activism goes, I\u2019m no abseiler or supergluer. I\u2019m involved with\u00a0Save Our Trains\u00a0\u2013 we do things like write petitions and submissions, and\u00a0profile long-lost railway stations.\u00a0I had feared Restore Passenger Rail might bring our call to expand passenger rail into disrepute, but I probably needn\u2019t have worried. Despite the road rage at protest sites, over\u00a0[85% of RNZ listeners in a text poll said they support the protesters](https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/restorepassengerrailnz\/posts\/pfbid02hbPKPts3Xnr73CWNj6P5Rry9iRTDg9M5GTVzyChBk6Xhrqt6J5jukSJ4drwNwCppl).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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