I agree with the calls for a train service to be provided here in Tauranga.
If Auckland and Wellington can have passenger trains, why can't we? Tauranga is now New Zealand's fifth largest city and most of the city is located along the rail lines. Rather than build more motorways and end up with more congestion on our roads, how about buying Auckland's diesel trains when they come up for sale? Environment BOP could buy the trains and build some stations around the city such as at Omokoroa, Bethlehem, Bellevue, Otumoetai, The Strand, Matapihi, Bayfair, Rata St in Mt Maunganui, Papamoa and Te Puke. We could have a passenger service running through all these suburbs from Omokoroa through to Te Puke. A daily service could also be run further down the cost to Edgecumbe or Kawerau with stops at Paengaroa and Matata, connecting with a bus service from Whakatane.

K Brown, Tauranga.