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Guest columnist: KiwiRail leaves its past back down the track

Chairman says the state-owned company is becoming focused on its customers and is living its ‘standardise, simplify and invest' programme.

John Spencer
Fri, 28 Oct 2016

When I first became chairman of KiwiRail in 2010, board member John Leuchars and I spent eight days travelling the country, gauging the state of the network, touring the rail yards and workshops.

It would not be an exaggeration to say we were shocked by what we observed. 

Years of

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John Spencer
Fri, 28 Oct 2016
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