After a visit to Oregon, Mayor Bob Parker is calling for light rail in Christchurch. http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/news/christchurch/3194326/Christchurch-Mayor-calls-for-network-of-city-trains
Yearly Archives: 2009
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Stuff reports the UK “rail giant” Serco is to look at New Zealand’s remaining four long-distance trains: Minister of Transport Steven Joyce has confirmed the company sent him a letter recently saying it was preparing a paper on the train services. He expected the company’s ideas would be put into […]
The Railway Gazette International reports: KiwiRail is call tenders early in the New Year for the supply of up to 114 electric multiple-unit cars for Auckland, following the cabinet’s approval of a NZ$500m loan on November 24. The first of the 1 067 mm gauge EMUs will enter service on […]
Google New Zealand has announced they’ve added Auckland’s public transport options to their Google Maps service. It seems to be working, albeit only for buses at the moment.
Auckland City Harbour News reports: Investigations into a city rail link between Mt Eden and Britomart show it could have one of the steepest rail gradients in the country. Last week Auckland Regional Transport Authority strategic transport planning manager Matthew Rednall presented an update to Auckland City Council’s transport committee. […]
The $35 million Newmarket Station will be open to the public this Saturday, reports The New Zealand Herald: Although KiwiRail has yet to complete a reconfiguration of tracks at Newmarket Junction before passenger trains start calling at the station on January 18, the building itself has been largely finished in […]
The Wanganui Chronicle reports rail freight traffic could be returning to the disused Castlecliff rail line in Wanganui could be returning in the new year, with a number of industries in the area interested in using the link. The line was mothballed in 2006.
The Auckland Regional Transport Authority (ARTA), in conjunction with its partner Thales and its funders the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) and the Auckland Regional Council (ARC), today signed the contract to deliver a super transport ticket for Auckland. The ticket will be Auckland and New Zealand’s first, true multi-modal […]