The Herald on Sunday has run a story in its print edition, based on this post on TransportBlog As Matt points out, it’s obviously quite clear that the project won’t be completed this year and first quarter 2014 could mean the wires aren’t finished till almost April, up to 7 months […]
electrification
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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 […]
Minister of Transport Steven Joyce has just announced $500m for new electric trains for Auckland. The trains are expected to be delivered by 2013. More details as they come to hand.
The New Zealand Herald reports Transport Minister Steven Joyce is vowing to get Auckland’s $1 billion rail electrification project back on track by Christmas, after yesterday announcing ownership plans for new trains.
Minister of Transport Steven Joyce has just announced the new ownership and operating model for metro commuter rail services in Auckland and Wellington. In a nutshell: KiwiRail subsidiaries will own the rolling stock (that means neither ARTA or the Greater Wellington Regional Council will own rolling stock, as currently proposed); […]
Rudman pretty much sums it up in today’s Herald: Mr Joyce now seems to be deliberately taunting Aucklanders, promising all will be well, while slowly and publicly plucking the wheels off the trains, one by one. He seemed to be deliberately mischievous last weekend when, while enthusing about roads, he […]
As Josh Arbury blogs, and the Herald reports, the order for electric trains is under threat. A basic summary of the situation is that ARTA had an orginal budget of $512m, broken down in the table below: Now, however, the Government has capped the electrification spend for rolling stock at $500m and […]