Six years after a business case for funding was presented to the Government, another proposal to reinstate a Christchurch-Timaru-Dunedin passenger rail service has been put on the table.
A community meeting, organised by Save Our Trains, was held in Timaru on Tuesday night with strong support, its organiser Patrick Rooney said.
Save Our Trains is a campaign focused on rebuilding high-quality and affordable inter-regional passenger rail services throughout New Zealand.
“The Timaru meeting was really good and there was a lot of energy from those there,’’ Rooney said.
The campaign has been travelling the South Island with meetings held in Dunedin and Ōamaru, before the Timaru meeting.
