{"id":777,"date":"2023-07-05T18:33:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T08:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=a94070bad463aabd51bdb81c38542a46"},"modified":"2023-07-05T18:33:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T08:33:44","slug":"final-report-into-future-of-inter-regional-passenger-rail-in-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=777","title":{"rendered":"Final Report into future of inter-regional passenger rail in New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year Parliament\u2019s\u00a0Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee\u00a0held an inquiry into the future of inter-regional passenger rail in Aotearoa New Zealand. \\<br \/>\n \\<br \/>\nO\ufeffn the 4 July 2023, the Select Committee released its [final report to Parliament](https:\/\/selectcommittees.parliament.nz\/v\/6\/3f66b447-9b3b-492e-8857-08db7c2fcbf3).<\/p>\n<p>You can read our submission on\u00a0[New Zealand&#8217;s inter-regional passenger rail services](https:\/\/publictransportforum.nz\/articles\/article\/our-submission-to-the-parlimentary-enquiry-20-10-2022).<\/p>\n<p>For the Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee [terms of reference](https:\/\/www.publictransportforum.nz\/articles\/article\/have-you-say-on-the-future-of-inter-regional-passenger-rail-in-new-zealand-12-08-2022). <\/p>\n<p>For further information concerning the inquiry the future of inter-regional passenger rail in Aotearoa New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>* [New Zealand&#8217;s New Regional Passenger Rail Network](https:\/\/publictransportforum.nz\/articles\/article\/new-zealands-regional-passenger-rail-network-20-08-2022)<br \/>\n* [New Zealand&#8217;s National Public Transport Network](https:\/\/publictransportforum.nz\/articles\/article\/national-public-transport-network-07-06-2022)<br \/>\n* [Connecting Communities Initiative](https:\/\/publictransportforum.nz\/articles\/article\/connecting-communities-2030-01-02-2022)<br \/>\n* [Future of Regional and Long Distance Passenger Rail in New Zealand](https:\/\/publictransportforum.nz\/articles\/article\/the-future-of-regional-and-long-distance-passenger-rail-in-new-zealand-22-06-2022)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year Parliament\u2019s\u00a0Transport and Infrastructure Select Committee\u00a0held an inquiry into the future of inter-regional passenger rail in Aotearoa New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.8 - 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