Hon MICHAEL WOOD: Uptake of the service is going well. Excluding VIPs and reporters, of whom there were many, there are about 120 commuters on the first two morning services and 130 on the return journey on its first day. KiwiRail's other inter-regional train, the Capital Connection, started with only a handful of commuters when it began about two decades ago, and it now carries between 250 and 300 people every day from Palmerston North to Wellington. We always expect that it will take time to build passenger numbers from a zero base, but this is a very solid start. 