It was only a matter of time before an irate tradie threw hands at them.

We don’t get paid to sit in traffic.

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    In other words, they want the government to spend a few hundred mill on rolling stock, and still more on other subsidies, on a service that would take nearly twice as long to go between Auckland and Wellington as a bus.

    Driving time WLG <=> AKL is about 7.5 hours. Assuming a 15 minute break every 2 hours, that’s about 8.5 hours. It’s 650km, so that’s about 76km/hour on average. I’m sure a train can go as fast / faster than that; definitely not <40km/hour like you suggest.

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      The northern explorer is 10h 15min Auckland to Wellington, and travels almost exactly the same distance.

      I thought it was slower, but it’s still much slower than road transport.

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        Yep as right now it’s a scenic route, so no focus on speed. I agree, right now it’s not a very good alternative to driving. That’s the point, that should be improved; it should be faster than driving.