Re: Airport line

["John Wayman" <trecker@optusnet.com.au>]

Didn't they intend to close the Johnsonville line which was once the old
main line north?

Cheers
John Wayman

"David McLoughlin" <davemcl@AXE*THISiprolink.co.nz> wrote in message
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> Andrew Price wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 26 Jan 2000 12:47:38 +1200, David McLoughlin
> > <davemcl@AXE*THISiprolink.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > [---]
> >
> > >However if you go to Wellington instead (a much nicer city) you can
> > >catch the No 11 Seatoun trolleybus from just outside the airport, and
> > >Wellington also has real trains (EMUs) though they don't go near the
> > >airport.
> >
> > Are these the EMUs built by Ganz of Hungary?
>
> Yes. They also still have a few of the old English Electric EMUs,
> because the idiots who ordered the Ganz trains forgot to measure the
> width of the tunnels on the Johnsonville lines. The Ganz trains are too
> wide for them, so enough old trains had to be retained for that line.
>
>
> David McLoughlin
> Auckland New Zealand