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Thomas Nash: Greater Wellington Regional Council Transport Committee Chair on the issues with the Wairarapa trains

Published: May 27, 2024, 8:27 p.m.

Looks to be years to go until Wairarapa trains are back-on-track.\xa0

Only 22.5% of Wairarapa trains arrived within five minutes of being on schedule in April. slightly improving from February's 5%.\xa0

Trains have also been slowed due to track issues.\xa0

Greater Wellington Regional Council Transport Committee Chair Thomas Nash told Mike Hosking that both the track and trains are too old, but work is ongoing.\xa0

He says we need to make sure we don't delay the new trains even further.\xa0

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