UTOPIA LAB
Mar 22, 2021
3 minutes
BY OLLIE NEAS
THE PROBLEM
New Zealand has been derailed.
n the 1920s, you could get almost anywhere by train. But a hundred years later, there is just one inter-regional commuter rail service in the entire country, between Palmerston North and Wellington. The few other intercity services are targeted at high-end tourists, making them too expensive and irregular for ordinary people. And the rail network has fallen into disrepair after decades of deferred maintenance — making train services slower.
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