Thursday, 20 May 2021, 2:03 pm
A local wagon assembly facility will be built at
Hillside, Dunedin to create dozens of permanent local
jobs.
60 new trains and 1,900 new wagons to help
move freight more efficiently – 1,500 of the wagons to be
assembled locally at Hillside.
A new South Island
Mechanical Maintenance Hub is now fully funded and will be
built at Waltham, Christchurch and create 300 construction
jobs.
New IT systems, maintenance and renewals
across KiwiRail’s 3,700 km rail network to create 150 jobs
and improve safety.
The Government is delivering
on its pre-election commitment to invest in rail and develop
domestic rail workshops to create jobs as part of the
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