Re: auckland, christchurch rail

["Ivan Smith" <ivsmith11@hotmail.nospam.com>]

"geoff dawson" <geoffrey.dawson@aph.gov.au> wrote in message
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> 2. Dare one ask why Christchurch rail station was moved out of town? For
the
> greater good of some worthwhile civic improvement? Or becaue someone
figured
> they could make most money from the site by selling it to McDonalds?

I've heard some very nasty stories about the truckies and the railways on
the south island. It's easy to believe that there are no trains on the South
Island because the truckies stopped it happening, but I suspect there might
be more to it than that.

Ivan

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