KiwiRail unveils new vision for Dunedin's Hillside workshop
Newshub
2 hrs ago
A new vision for Dunedin's Hillside railway workshop has been unveiled by KiwiRail.
It's bringing back the local assembly of its freight wagons, thanks to an $85 million Budget injection aimed at getting the Government's rail ambitions on track.
In the past, Hillside workshop has had a bumpy ride after being largely shut down in 2012 after KiwiRail switched to cheaper Chinese wagons.
But the Government now wants to bring the jobs back to South Dunedin.
"By assembling here, that gives us assurances around quality. That gives us a training pipeline so that we have those who are here assembling also part of the maintenance network," Prime Minister Jacinda Arden told Newshub.