Taranaki Daily News reports: Kiwirail is poised to announce that the Stratford to Okahukura line, which has been closed since being damaged by a derailment in November last year, will not be reopened.
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The Manawatu Standard reports Horizons Regional Council is in discussions with KiwiRail over the future of the Capital Connection service between Palmerston North and Wellington. One option put forward is to run a shuttle service from Palmerston North and Waikanae. The article notes 185,472 passengers used the service in the […]
The New Zealand Herald reports that KiwiRail is struggling to get the rail network ready in time for the 2010 “Big Day Out”. The good news is Steven Joyce has stated that the Government will sign off on the Auckland electrification contract this coming Thursday.
The Otago Daily Times reports KiwiRail will keep sponsoring Chris Cairn’s rail safety trust, despite the trust losing $94,000 last year.
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 […]
The New Zealand Herald reports Hamilton City Council has stated the a three-year proposed trail of Silver Fern railcar services between Hamilton and Auckland would need a subsidy of more than $1 million a year. The council said a subsidy was not affordable and Nigel Parry from KiwiRail said yesterday […]
After the bad news on the mothballing of Stratford to Okahukura line, here’s some good news from KiwiRail on the Napier – Gisborne line.
NZPA reports: Mainfreight continues to be disappointed at the Government’s attitude and commitment to rail freight services in this country. The logistics company believes it is among Kiwirail’s top five customers and would double its spend if it got the right rate and services. “We don’t seem to have a […]