A busy couple of days, with a further visit to Positively Wellington Tourism on Monday, interviews with the Dominon Post, Upper Hutt Leader and today - an interview with Jim Mora on Afternoons, Radio New Zealand (bit.ly/s4jK4r). Many, many aspects of the heritage railway project to discuss and promote, and a key presentation to make to Greater Wellington Regional Council next week.

The Trust is seking to reinstate the former railway, celebrating its heritage as a railway, a unique New Zealand story that we feel deserves to live again. The opportunity is world-class, and can be compared to reinstatements of the West Coast Wilderness Railway in Tasmania, the Welsh Highland Railway in Wales and the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in Devon, U.K.

Building a new walkway to provide for current walking and cycling activities is a key component of the application to Greater Wellington Regional Council. A full specification has been produced, including detailed plans for the whole route. It also includes new walkways at Maymorn and alongside the proposed Kaitoke Deviation, which will enhance connections of the route. Many of the facilities put in along the railway route will be available to all - and one can see a number of opportunities for train + cycle enterprises and businesses set up along the route that provide services to people who use either access mode. We welcome debate on the new walkway specification and the extent and scope of facilities that could be put in place.