'We let the people of Wellington down': KiwiRail chair

'We let the people of Wellington down': KiwiRail chair
KiwiRail's single track evaluation car is more than 40 years old. (Image: KiwiRail)
Oliver Lewis
KiwiRail’s bosses have apologised – yet again – for avoidable disruption to the Wellington passenger rail network.Chief executive Peter Reidy, chief operating officer David Gordon and chair David McLean appeared before the transport and infrastructure select committee on Thursday to answer questions about the failure, which resulted in an internal review and a rapid review commissioned by the government to look at whether KiwiRail is appropriately focused on the delivery of commuter services.Last week, Greater Wellington regio...

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