There’s an interesting article in yesterday’s Herald about the progress of sorting out the mess Steven Joyce left Auckland’s public transport in when he cancelled the Regional Fuel Tax a couple of months back. There’s some good news, some frustrating news and some potentially good news. On the positive side, […]
Onehunga
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Conflicting stories from within ARTA have apparently now been sorted out, as Mathew Dearnaley writes in the Herald. Sharon Hunter from ARTA has emailed me and confirmed: The introduction of Onehunga passenger services is planned for introduction in the first part of 2010 following on from the completion of Newmarket […]
March 2009 was a record breaking month for public transport usage in Auckland. The ARTA monthly business report confirms that there were 6,115,155 bus, ferry and rail boardings in March across Auckland’s network. This is up 19.7% on last March. It also means that the 12 month rolling total for […]
Confusion reigns about the location of the Onehunga railway station, originally scheduled to open in December of this year. According to officials from ARTA and the ARC, Ontrack are claiming there are insufficient funds to extend the railway line from Galway Street to the rail station site the ARCÂ purchased on […]
The Herald reports that: Government motorway builders are preparing to move bulldozers on to the Onehunga waterfront this week, despite efforts by a community group to tie them to an alleged 35-year-old promise to provide sandy beaches. The Transport Agency says its contractors can wait no longer to extend their […]
In 2006 we campaigned hard to reopen the dormant branch railway line between Onehunga and Penrose once again to passenger services. Our 8,000 strong petition and support from the Auckland Regional Coucil saw the Government finally give the green light for funding on the 13 March 2007. Background The Onehunga […]