Kaikoura businesses are smiling ear-to-ear with the reopening of the Coastal Pacific railway
	Kaikoura businesses are smiling ear-to-ear with the reopening of the Coastal Pacific railway
    
	
    
	
	13 October 2020 
		
		
        
	
The train journey between Picton and Christchurch is hitting the tracks for the summer season today.
Alpine-Pacific Holiday Park manager Elise Alcock says passengers will bring a much needed boost to the town after a rough slowdown of visitors from Covid-19.
Cafes in the town say the trains will bring a much needed new wave of business.
	
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