Press Release from the Campaign For Better Transport Transport lobby group the Campaign for Better Transport today announced concern over KiwiRail’s decision last week to mothball the rail line between Taranaki and the Waikato. “We fear that this could be the thin edge of the wedge, with more line closures […]
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An excellent letter to the editor of The Dominion Post today: OPINION: KiwiRail will find it very difficult to ever make a profit while taxpayers and ratepayers heavily subsidise its competition – the trucking industry.
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); […]
KiwiRail’s staff newsletter, The Express (not online sorry), has a series of pictures of the new EMUs for Wellington’s electrified urban rail system. The 149-seat units are under construction at Changwon in South Korea. More details here.
The Press reports that Minister of Transport, Steven Joyce, is backing the largely tourist-oriented TranzAlpine long-distance passenger train, which runs daily from Christchurch to Greymouth.
On Radio NZ this morning: Mainfreight says it will double the amount it spends moving cargo on the railways if the Government changes KiwiRail to a more commercial model. The freight company spends more than $20 million per year on rail, but says it needs more rail services to be […]
The NZ Herald reports: KiwiRail is optimistic that a rail line it runs one train a week on can be improved at minimum cost to carry higher containers and attract new business. The Napier-to-Gisborne line is a marginal branch line on which KiwiRail makes a loss. Given its scenic location […]