Nineteen of the 19 Andrews who made submissions to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Future of Inter-Regional Passenger Rail in New Zealand are enthusiastic supporters of bringing back a comprehensive regional passenger rail network. By the close of submissions on Friday 21 October more than 1700 individuals, community groups, academics, councils and experts had had their say.
There were seven Catherines, 19 Chris or Christophers, and nine Brians or Bryans. No doubt there’s a public servant or two beavering away right now on a summary of the thousands of pages of submissions and we’ll tell you about that once it’s completed*.*
But for now we can tell you what those Andrews thought. \
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In essence: there’s a climate emergency, our roads are unsafe, and trains are excellent.
