public transport

What if your bus doesn't turn up on time? Or doesn't turn up at all? Or sails past you after you have been waiting at the bus stop for what seems like too long already?

Don't spoil the ship for a ha'penny worth of tar. This saying applies to any public transport system which does not make easily understandable and complete timetable information available.

Public transport could and should be part of a whole fresh vision for our city.

The rail transport advocate group 'Get the Train' is planning another one-day-only Waitati-Dunedin-Waitati commuter train.

The service will be run during Walk 2 Work Week, on March 10, spokesperson Danielle Cameron told 'Blueskin News'.

"We really want to pack this train out so put it in your diaries now and tell people."

The Dunedin City Council is chartering a commuter train from Taieri Gorge Railway for the Waitati/Dunedin route on Tuesday, 22 September to celebrate World Car-Free Day.

Otago voted with its feet in favour of regional rail services yesterday when the Taieri Gorge Railway charter train to Wingatui was booked out.

Extra bus services were organised in addition to the train to take racegoers to the racing club's Melbourne Cup Day.

'Get the Train' group was formed on October 23 2008. The meeting, held in Waitati, discussed promotion, a submission to next year's ORC 10 yearly Plan, whether we need to set up a legal entity and how to go about a feasibility study.