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Press Release – KiwiRail Trains running between Picton and Christchurch are now using a new stretch of rail track that bypasses the oldest tunnel on the line, bringing greater resilience to the key freight and tourism corridor.
Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 2:24 pm
Trains running between Picton and Christchurch are now
using a new stretch of rail track that bypasses the oldest
tunnel on the line, bringing greater resilience to the key
freight and tourism corridor.
Rail track and sleepers
are removed from Tar Barrel Tunnel, before it is filled with
mudstone and permanently sealed off
KiwiRail, working
with Waka Kotahi NZTA, has built one kilometre of new track
and a new road overpass for State Highway One just south of
Ward in Marlborough to bypass the 108-year-old Tar Barrel
Tunnel.
KiwiRail’s Group Chief Executive Greg Miller
says the work has strengthened the key freight route used to
Thursday, 20 May 2021, 2:20 pm
The Government’s significant rail investment in Budget
2021 is another major and welcome step to making KiwiRail
sustainable, Group Chief Executive Greg Miller
says.
The Government has committed $1.3 billion for
rail in Budget 2021, building on previous Budget investments
of $1.2 billion in Budget 2020 and $1 billion in
2019.
“This is an outstanding level of investment
from the Government which is truly revitalising rail for New
Zealand,” Mr Miller says.
“KiwiRail has already
replaced its aging North Island locomotive fleet, and this
latest tranche of funding will fully cover the cost of
replacing our South Island locomotives, many of which are