{"id":220273,"date":"2025-05-20T09:38:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T23:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=220273"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T23:38:19","slug":"the-southerner-train-returns-to-dunedin-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=220273","title":{"rendered":"The Southerner Train returns to Dunedin, NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Great to see The Southerner back in Dunedin for this limited run! Just wish this tourist-focused service was a regular, frequent, and affordable option for everyone. Imagine the possibilities!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image_2025-05-20_093106444-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-220275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image_2025-05-20_093106444-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image_2025-05-20_093106444-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image_2025-05-20_093106444-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/image_2025-05-20_093106444.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Great to see a train at Timaru Station too<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The train was canceled as in last 12 months of operation it averaged 8 people per trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the Hamilton &#8211; Auckland train is still needing 10 of millions in subsidy every year. NZ don&#8217;t have population to support what\u2019s needed which is high speed rail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Main Photo credit: Jarrod Hodson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The train was canceled as in last 12 months of operation it averaged 8 people per trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":220274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,163,9183],"tags":[16283,13813],"class_list":["post-220273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-zealand","category-rail-industry-news-australia-new-zealand","category-rail-travel","tag-christchurch","tag-dunedin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=220273"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220279,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220273\/revisions\/220279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/220274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=220273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=220273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=220273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}