I have read the letters about using the railway for a passenger service to Katikati. These people have obviously not been to Katikati. The railway does not go to Katikati but goes through the Kaimai Range before Katikati. I remember attending a meeting at Omokoroa earlier this century with representatives from NZ Rail - it is not possible for a passenger line due to all the freight trains which have increased considerably in the past year.

Have these people ever been to Omokoroa, where the railway is in a gully at least five metres below land on either side?

I have used the bus from Omokoroa to Tauranga twice and I was the only person on the bus both ways. People wanted a bus service, but like Tauranga it is not used.

Wendy Galloway, Omokoroa.