It would make sense in the long run but a cost of billions would cover doing something rad like making a new line running something north though Linwood, Wainoni, North New Brighton, Marshland before joining back up around Belfast. A lot of that isn’t as unfeasible as it once was due to the emptying out from the earthquake near where it would need to link through.
I found an old article I read ages ago that talks more about the network:
It looks like more of the paltforms have been removed than i’d hoped, but as I say they’re not particularly complicated bits of engineering if you have the land.
It would make sense in the long run but a cost of billions would cover doing something rad like making a new line running something north though Linwood, Wainoni, North New Brighton, Marshland before joining back up around Belfast. A lot of that isn’t as unfeasible as it once was due to the emptying out from the earthquake near where it would need to link through.
I found an old article I read ages ago that talks more about the network:
https://talkingtransport.com/2018/11/22/flashback-when-christchurch-had-commuter-trains/
It looks like more of the paltforms have been removed than i’d hoped, but as I say they’re not particularly complicated bits of engineering if you have the land.