KiwiRail
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The Campaign for Better Transport is calling for the Northland rail network to remain open in the long term, in the wake of Kiwirail’s decision to suspend all freight services north of Auckland. Kiwirail’s announcement means that up to 200 truck movements a day of milk powder and logs will […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Dominion Post has a first look at the new trains for the Wellington network: Meanwhile, work on new stations on the Kapiti line is now underway.
…sadly (for Auckland, that is) Palmerston North International Airport is in discussions with KiwiRail, the Manawatu Standard reports. They’ve even produced a design, which also includes a bus terminal: The airport station would be on a loop from the North Island Main Trunk, and have a freight rail connection.
The Press reports KiwiRail is considering re-instating passenger services between Christchurch and Dunedin or Invercargill.