Thursday, 20 May 2021, 2:03 pm A local wagon assembly facility will be built at Hillside, Dunedin to create dozens of permanent local jobs. 60 new trains and 1,900 new wagons to help move freight more efficiently – 1,500 of the wagons to be assembled locally at Hillside. A new South Island Mechanical Maintenance Hub is now fully funded and will be built at Waltham, Christchurch and create 300 construction jobs. New IT systems, maintenance and renewals across KiwiRail’s 3,700 km rail network to create 150 jobs and improve safety. The Government is delivering on its pre-election commitment to invest in rail and develop domestic rail workshops to create jobs as part of the