Scott Macarthur’s Pt Chev to Newmarket service is now running week days. In the morning services leave to Pt Chevalier at 7.05am, 7.45am, 8.30am. In the afternoon services leave Newmarket at 4.30pm, 5.18pm, 6.10pm. Those wanting to travel from Point Chevalier to Newmarket currently need to catch the 045 service […]
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“Very happily”, ARTA have announced an Open Evening to discuss the rapidly approaching reopening of the Onehunga branch line. Anyone interested is invited to come along: Tuesday 18th August 6:30 – 8.00pm Onehunga Community Centre Beeson / Henderson Room 83 Church Street, Onehunga This is your chance to find out […]
Things are really on a knife-edge at the moment when it comes to whether Hamilton-Auckland Rail will go ahead or not, so now’s the time to let your voice be heard on the matter. Print off this postcard and send it to Steven Joyce, Minister of Transport. Our “Action Stations” […]
Mathew Dearnaley reports on the Auckland City Council’s preference for a “surface-tunnel” option for the Waterview Motorway. From the Herald: Auckland City’s transport committee has infuriated communities in the path of the Waterview motorway by supporting the Government’s preference for a revised “surface-tunnel” option. “I’m absolutely gutted by the response […]
Long time CBT member Barry Palmer responds to David Bennett MP’s baseless anti-rail viewpoint. David Bennett MP, Hamilton West, has not considered all aspects of a Hamilton to Auckland Rail Service. When he advocates electric cars to the exclusion of rail he completely ignores those that will be unable to […]
It has been an interesting year so far for Auckland’s public transport. Probably the biggest story of the year so far was the cancellation of the Regional Petrol Tax back in March, which put most of the public transport improvements that we can expect in the next few years, into […]
Lincoln Tan reports in the Herald on recent Auckland public transport patronage figures. Use of public transport in Auckland has hit a 25-year high, with commuters reporting increased satisfaction with the service on offer. The Auckland Regional Transport Authority’s annual passenger figures showed 58.6 million trips were made in the […]
The Central Connector is a critical public transport project providing continuous bus lanes between Britomart and Newmarket. According to Auckland City Council, the project has the following benefits: The Central Connector forms a crucial part of Auckland’s expanding transport network, linking into the Northern Busway at Britomart and connecting future […]