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Train services not run.

Andrew Crow made this Official Information request to Wellington Regional Council

The request was successful.

From: Andrew Crow

Dear Wellington Regional Council,

This has been an stunningly bad week for train services, The public pay in rates for this service.

I am keen to know why services do not run, what happens if a service is not run, how you ensure rate payers are getting value.

I request under OIA:

1. How many train services have not run over last few months?
Detailed data for cancellations for at least three months. (Full year if possible)

2. Cause of cancellation.
Either as cause per cancellation or other relevant data that show why services did not run.

3. Any penalties for not running a service.
This must include what penalties are in any contract and COULD have been enforced. Also must include what penalty WAS enforced per incident of a service not running.

4. Any other documents that show how WRC is ensuring the public get value for the costs of subsidising the services.

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Crow

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From: Darrell Young
Wellington Regional Council

Dear Andrew,

 

Acknowledgement of Request for Information under the Local Government
Official Information and Meetings Act 1987

 

Thank you for your email dated 5 July 2019, requesting information
regarding the train service.

 

Your request is being followed-up and a reply will be sent to you within
20 working days of the request being received.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Darrell Young

 

 

for

Luke Troy

General
Manager                                                                               

Strategy

Greater Wellington Regional Council

 

 

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From: Nichola Powell
Wellington Regional Council

Attachment Response to OIA 2019 231 Andrew Crow.pdf
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Attachment Attachment 1 to OIA 2019 231 Rail Cancellations data 2018 19.xlsx
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Dear Mr Crow

Attached is our response to your recent OIA.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Nichola

 

Nichola Powell |

Kaiāwhina Matua ki te Kaiwhakahaere Matua Waka

Executive Assistant to General Manager Public Transport  
GREATER WELLINGTON REGIONAL COUNCIL
Te Pane Matua Taiao
Level 2, 15 Walter Street

PO Box 11646, Manners St, Wellington 6142
T: 04 830 4179 | www.gw.govt.nz | www.metlink.org.nz

 

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