Take railways down road of retirement

Jon Addison is the former editor of the 8 O'Clock and founding editor of Trucking Magazine presents some sobering facts about the state of rail in New Zealand. Michael Cullen is promising to run a "highly efficient rail system" but is rail really the saviour of our transport system or is it a relic of the late 19th and early 20th century? Has the government spent your dollar wisely or has it just bought us an expensive lemon?
Jon Addison: Take railways down road of retirement - 15 May 2008 - Opinion, Editorial and reader comments from New Zealand and around the World - nzherald