26 Jul 2023

New Capital Connection carriages unveiled in Wellington

From Checkpoint, 5:48 pm on 26 July 2023

Today marked a new beginning for the Capital Connection as five newly refurbished carriages were unveiled at Wellington train station.

The train service runs twice day between Palmerston North and Wellington, bringing commuters from the Kapiti Coast into the capital city.

$26 million worth of government funding has guaranteed the future of the service, which many people have fought hard to keep.

Jemima Huston reports.