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One could wait under the shelter of the sky (aka absolutely no shelter), or hope they have an umbrella or a raincoat at most.
Plenty of shelter across the street where the trains usually run and for northbound busses (or the odd occasion that busses replace just to petone then also southbound). However the bulk of southbound train replacements have no shelter to speak of.
I have let you know this in the past and got a negative response back. This is why I have included the councillors in the email chain, as I am concerned I will get a negative response back again.
I noted that there is meant to be bus replacements starting on Saturday (https://www.metlink.org.nz/news-and-updates/projects-timeline/rail-updates). This was announced 25 December 2024, however the notice for the weeks "planned maintenance" was only announced last Tuesday.
I'm a bit confused how your operators planned a blocked out period several months in advance, only to then have another "planned" period just before then with only a weeks notice. I wonder when your operator started planning this current outage, and whether they had the foresight at last Christmas to maybe combine the two "planned" periods and provide commuters with months of notice rather than days.

I kind of doubt these two planned periods had the same level of planning, and would like all documentation related to both planned replacement periods, showing the clear timeline of when your operators provided you with notice, and when you provided commuters with notice.
Perhaps if there is any discussion as to why there are two very close planned periods with drastically different notice periods then that should be released as well.
"I would also like any documentation regarding any requirements for planned replacements, and any requirements for shelters. If there has been any discussion prior to and since my last email concerning these shelters then that should be included as well.
Thank you very much. Look forward to absolutely no reply until exactly 20 working days away, despite whether any information could be released without undue delay."
For what its worth, i chose to catch the local 83 bus into town, as it had a functioning shelter. There should never be a need for such a choice to use public transport!"

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