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This site exists to help make the promise of a Raumati Rail Station a reality.  You, the future users of such a station, are encouraged to take an active role in promoting this.
The Raumati community has been promised a railway station for decades. The station has consistently been a part of Greater Wellington Regional Council’s rail plans for Kapiti. Funding was secured by Mana MP Luamanuvao Winnie Laban. In April 2008, the regional council announced the station was deferred and it could be 15 years before Raumati has a station - if ever.

IT’S NEEDED NOW

The Raumati community is the only urban community on the Western Line without a station. Raumati has the population right now to justify a station. The people of Raumati are low users of public transport compared to the rest of the Kapiti district. In this time of climate change, we need to change that. We need a railway station.

THERE’S NO GOOD REASON TO DELAY

Greater Wellington justified their decision not to fund it with a report called the Maunsell Report. The Raumati Public Transport Action Group believes this report is flawed in its arguments.

LET’S GET RAUMATI STATION BACK ON TRACK
If you would like to help the campaign to get Raumati Station back on track fill out the "Join" form found by clicking on link to the left near the top and email: Fran.wilde@gw.govt.nz
Road Users Hitch a Ride on Everyone's Back

The above is the title of recent piece from the Herald news paper and was based on this study.

The study was conducted by a pro shipping group and paid for by NZTA.  Of course all groups have a perspective and bias and Rockpoint's is to move cargo to ships.  With this bias noted the study is useful from a public transport perspective because it casts light on the subject of the government subsidy which goes in to road transport.  At a time when the government seems to deride trains based on the funds trains get from the government, public transport supporters should ask why the government is silent on a much larger road subsidy at the same time.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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Greater Welly Public Transit Planner

Nigel Wilson, Greater Wellington Regional Councillor for Kapiti

Kapiti News Column from Nigel Wilson, Greater Wellington Regional Councillor for Kapiti.


Public Transport is the biggest ticket item for the Greater Wellington
Regional Council with about 60% of our annual budget devoted to bus and rail
services.

While Greater Wellington is heavily involved in a wide range of activities
including  environmental management, flood protection, regional economic
development and pest control work it is transport that dominates the budget.

In Kapiti we have seen huge gains with the building of the double tracking of
commuter rail through to Waikanae. In addition we are getting major railway
station upgrades at Paraparaumu and Waikanae and a new fleet of trains. The
first of the new Matangi units (2 cars) departed the Port of Masan, South
Korea this week and is expect to arrive early August.


And as pleased as I am with that progress we need more.


The Raumati railway station needs to take priority in the regional rail plan.
The Raumati community is the only urban community on the Western Line without
a station. Raumati has a the population right now to justify a station.
Surveys have shown the people of Raumati would be much higher users of public
transport with the addition of a railway station.

My other important rail priority is to see the double tracking and
electrification of the rail lines to Otaki. This makes sense on so many levels
it is surprising it isn’t happening already. Kapiti has been in the top group
of population growth districts for several years and this trend looks set to
continue with Otaki a likely area for that growth.

I will be continuing discussions with our local MPs who have all expressed
support for the rail extending to Otaki. Both Nathan Guy and Darren Hughes
have pledged their support, as have Winnie Laban and Hekia Parata.

There have been discussions, promises and threats of all sorts of grand, and
not so grand, roads through, over and around Kapiti for decades. Irrespective
of our views about Expressways, Transmission Gully or any other road that may
or may not happen and even if they do happen nothing is scheduled to be
completed in the next decade.

In the meanwhile where is our bridge over the Waikanae River. Everyone in
Kapiti knows it should have been built years ago and yet it is still on the
waiting list. The response is simple – BUILD IT NOW.
 


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  • 1 Station Design 14:03:2000.pdf - on Apr 6, 2009 11:43 PM by Jeremy Rice (version 1)
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  • Covering Letter to GW final.doc - on Apr 11, 2009 9:57 AM by Jeremy Rice (version 4 / earlier versions)
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  • GW Fact Sheet on Station.pdf - on Mar 28, 2009 3:58 PM by Jeremy Rice (version 1)
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  • Kapiti Railway Stations Concept Design Submission to GW PDF.pdf - on Apr 11, 2009 9:58 AM by Jeremy Rice (version 2 / earlier versions)
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  • Observer letter_26 March.doc - on Mar 28, 2009 3:58 PM by Jeremy Rice (version 1)
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  • Photo of Supporters in Front of Lembas 13_09_08 _2.jpg - on Mar 28, 2009 3:59 PM by Jeremy Rice (version 1)
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  • RS Petition.pdf - on Mar 28, 2009 4:00 PM by Jeremy Rice (version 1)
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  • Station Design 14:03:2000.pdf - on Apr 6, 2009 11:40 PM by Jeremy Rice (version 1)
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  • SustainableTransportStrategyprepresscopy260808.pdf - on Apr 30, 2009 11:17 PM by Jeremy Rice (version 1)
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  • rs billboard.pdf - on Mar 28, 2009 4:00 PM by Jeremy Rice (version 1)
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  • station leaflet_final.pdf - on Mar 28, 2009 4:00 PM by Jeremy Rice (version 1)
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