Can't Get There from Here : New Zealand Passenger Rail Since 1920 by Andre Brett and Sam van der Weerden (2022, Trade Paperback)

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Urban passenger rail patronage in Auckland and Wellington is now booming after many years of decline. Outside these two centres, however, the situation is quite different: intercity and regional passenger rail services are scarce, and no other city possesses suburban rail.Can’t Get There from Here traces the expansion and the contraction of New Zealand’s passenger rail network over the last century.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherOtago University Press

ISBN-101990048099

ISBN-139781990048098

eBay Product ID (ePID)21050422264

Product Key Features

Number of Pages384 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCan't Get there from Here : New Zealand Passenger Rail since 1920

SubjectRailroads / History, General

Publication Year2022

TypeTextbook

AuthorAndre Brett, Sam Van Der Weerden

Subject AreaTransportation

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight41.3 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width6.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2021-392593

Dewey Edition23

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal385.220993

SynopsisUrban passenger rail patronage in Auckland and Wellington is now booming after many years of decline. Outside these two centres, however, the situation is quite different: intercity and regional passenger rail services are scarce, and no other city possesses suburban rail. Can't Get There from Here traces the expansion and the contraction of New Zealand's passenger rail network over the last century. What is the historical context of today's imbalance between rail and road? How far and wide did the passenger rail network once run? Why is there an abject lack of services beyond the North Island's two main cities, even as demand for passenger transport continues to grow? This book seeks to answer these questions. In this fascinating study, Andre Brett argues that the trend away from passenger rail might appear inevitable and irreversible but it was not. Things could have been--and still could be--very different. We need to understand the challenges that brought passenger rail to the brink of extinction in order to create policy for future transport that is efficient and sustainable., Urban passenger rail patronage in Auckland and Wellington is now booming after many years of decline. Outside these two centres, however, the situation is quite different: intercity and regional passenger rail services are scarce, and no other city possesses suburban rail. Not only does this hamper the mobility of regional New Zealanders, it is incongruous in light of the climate emergency declared by many local councils. Can't Get There from Here traces the expansion and - more commonly - the contraction of New Zealand's passenger rail network over the last century. What is the historical context of today's imbalance between rail and road? How far and wide did the passenger rail network once run? Why is there an abject lack of services beyond the North Island's two main cities, even as demand for passenger transport continues to grow? This book seeks to answer these questions. In this fascinating study, Andre Brett argues that the trend away from passenger rail might appear inevitable and irreversible but it was not. Things could have been - and still could be - very different. We need to understand the challenges that brought passenger rail to the brink of extinction in order to create policy for future transport that is efficient and sustainable.

LC Classification NumberHE3550.5.B72 2021