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New details of Cook Strait ferry replacement plan unveiled (www.rnz.co.nz)

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This is actually very reasonable, rail enabled, bigger than what we currently have, but not the absolute monsters that were planned.

I wonder if the ability to operate fully under electrical power for part of the crossing has been retained?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I'm a project analyst working for government and hate relying on vague articles and cryptic press conferences.

Might chuck through a cheeky IOA and dig around for an updated Business case!

40 train carts is a good start, but my personal preference is for the ratio of trucks to train to tip over more to the train side, and with forty carts per ferry, I don't see how it's going to help given that according to gemini a train can carry 90-120 carts in one go.