The Waikato Times reports that KiwiRail will be laying on charter trains for Rugby World Cup games in Hamilton. An Auckland-to-Hamilton train service is being touted for the Rugby World Cup as a way to boost visitors to the city. KiwiRail public affairs general manager Kevin Ramshaw confirmed it was […]
Monthly Archives: May 2010
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KiwiRail’s long awaited “Turn Around Plan” was announced today, along with an announcement from the Government that they chipping in $250m from the Budget 2010 to support the plan. This is a welcome (and somewhat surprising!) move from the Government, along with a pledge for an additional $500m over the […]
I’m sure it is just a wind up by the Herald, but the opinion piece by Luke Malpass today is astonishing for its total lack of supporting evidence. What does a billion dollars mean to you? It is a huge amount of money, an amount so vast that most us cannot […]
Brian Rudman sums up the situation quite nicely in today’s Herald: Just as people from all around the south of England think nothing of jumping aboard a train to go to London for a day’s shopping, or to catch a show or a concert, Auckland, as New Zealand’s equivalent for […]
Brian Rudman writes in today’s NZ Herald: Talk about trying to board the train after it leaves the station. For nigh on 100 years, efforts to build a commuter train service in Auckland have been stalled by squabbling politicians, local and national.
As covered by the Waikato Times this morning, the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee will not be considering the CBT led petiti0n for a Hamilton to Auckland rail service. The report is here, but petition is effectively dismissed in one sentence: The majority of us note that this service has […]