The New Zealand Herald reports that the new Grafton Rd Station, 200m down the road from Boston Rd Station was opened today by Minister of Transport Steven Joyce. The new station has excellent bus-train linkages, and as the journalist points out, numerous points of access.
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The first train in the New Lynn rail trench is scheduled to pass through on Monday March 1, 2010 at the 5:56am. Yes I’ll be on board! Update: Article on the new station in today’s Western Leader – LJH
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 $35 million Newmarket Station will be open to the public this Saturday, reports The New Zealand Herald: Although KiwiRail has yet to complete a reconfiguration of tracks at Newmarket Junction before passenger trains start calling at the station on January 18, the building itself has been largely finished in […]
It has been an interesting year so far for Auckland’s public transport. Probably the biggest story of the year so far was the cancellation of the Regional Petrol Tax back in March, which put most of the public transport improvements that we can expect in the next few years, into […]