Can't Get There from Here
New Zealand passenger rail since 1920
$62.88
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2021
Summary
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 - m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781990048098 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1990048099 |
| Author: | Sam van der Weerden, Andre Brett |
| Publisher: | Otago University Press |
| Imprint: | Otago University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2021 |
| Weight: | 1.17kg |
| Dimensions: | 26mm x 192mm x 254mm |
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Sam van der Weerden
Andre Brett is a postdoctoral researcher in history at the University of Wollongong. He has written numerous articles on Australian and New Zealand history for scholarly and popular publications in both countries, and in 2016 wrote Acknowledge No Frontier: The Creation and Demise of New Zealand’s Provinces, 1853-76.
Sam van der Weerden is a Dunedin mathematician and mapmaker who has carried out map work for Otago Regional Council’s bus services, and Sarah Gallagher’s book Scarfie Flats (2019) and promotional posters for Anthonie Tonnon’s Rail Land tour.
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