A locomotive and carriages used on Dunedin's now-closed Taieri Gorge Railway left the southern city this morning for the North Island. READ MORE:* Plan to get Dunedin Railways back on track* Coronavirus: Dunedin's Taieri Gorge railway to be mothballed, 51 jobs may go* Middlemarch to fight tourist train route closureRNZ Dunedin Railways workers Courtney Kilner (left) and Judy Trevathan will be among those to lose their jobs next week. Stuff The council has agreed to meet up to $1.05 million of ongoing costs of mothballing Dunedin Railways from next week. Stuff On April 6, the Dunedin City Council voted 14-1 to mothball the railway at a meeting behind closed doors. The council agreed to meet up to $1.05 million of the ongoing costs of mothballing Dunedin Railways from next week.

Source: Stuff June 24, 2020 03:45 UTC