# Passenger Rail support from local candidates

**URL:** <https://spokes.nz/t/passenger-rail-support-from-local-candidates/1230>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** orc-councillor, dcc-councillor, train\
**Created:** [18 September 2025 02:25 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/passenger-rail-support-from-local-candidates/1230 "2025-09-18T02:25:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gosola](https://spokes.nz/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gosola](https://spokes.nz/u/gosola)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2025 02:25 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/passenger-rail-support-from-local-candidates/1230/1 "2025-09-18T02:25:48Z")

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Kiaora, I’m new to this but thought I should share it and hope others will as well as passenger rail can be very complementary to bike transport and other active modes. See the local link to ratings below.

> **[Otago](https://thefutureisrail.org/otago25)**

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**Author:** ![NathanK](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/nathank/32/2002_2.png) [@NathanK](https://spokes.nz/u/NathanK)\
**Post date:** [18 September 2025 02:54 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/passenger-rail-support-from-local-candidates/1230/2 "2025-09-18T02:54:49Z")

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It certainly makes it appear that there is a lot of support for rail down this way among the council candidates!

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**Author:** ![bennuttall](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/bennuttall/32/1924_2.png) [@bennuttall](https://spokes.nz/u/bennuttall)\
**Post date:** [20 September 2025 20:13 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/passenger-rail-support-from-local-candidates/1230/3 "2025-09-20T20:13:41Z")

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Thanks Dan - the Venn diagram of those who support who support trains, trams and active transport often seems to be a circle!

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**Author:** ![evelynfrobertson](https://spokes.nz/user_avatar/spokes.nz/evelynfrobertson/32/1564_2.png) [@evelynfrobertson](https://spokes.nz/u/evelynfrobertson)\
**Post date:** [21 September 2025 04:44 UTC](https://spokes.nz/t/passenger-rail-support-from-local-candidates/1230/4 "2025-09-21T04:44:26Z")

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Just a caution, there were quite a few difficulties with how that survey was put together and how candidates views were summarised/paraphrased, often to quite different meanings and candidates being given comments they hadn’t said. Even to questions being different when posted to when asked leading to weird and inaccurate results.