Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
KiwiRail has increased the number of wagons on its daily trains transporting logs from Masterton to CentrePort.
Posted 3 weeks ago by newsbot
Tony Robinson covered the Gisborne loss of rail issue very well is his 22nd June 2019 Gisborne herald article; - “Rail is essential to our region”
Posted 3 weeks ago by newsbot
The two men killed when their car collided with a train in Pongakawa were both fathers, with one leaving behind his pregnant wife.
Posted 3 weeks ago by newsbot
Forgive my complete cynicism when I heard Shane Jones disclose recently his prerequisite for getting the Gisborne end of the rail line restored: “Show me a business case” he declared, thus exposing his failure to distinguish between commercial and environmental criteria for public expenditure.
Posted 3 weeks ago by newsbot
Trains between Papakura and Pukekohe in south Auckland are up and running again after delays caused by a truck crashing into a rail bridge.
Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
Earlier this month Auckland hit a major milestone, passing 100 million trips within a 12 month period, bringing us back to the number of trips we had in 1950, a time when the population was just 350k people.
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
New Zealand’s state-owned rail operator KiwiRail has completed the rehabilitation of the Napier-Wairoa rail line.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
KiwiRail has completed rehabilitation of the 115 km Napier – Wairoa line, which was mothballed in December 2012 following severe storm damage.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The New Zealand Government has announced a $741 million appropriation for KiwiRail through Vote Transport over the next two years and a further $300 million available for regional rail projects through the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF).
Posted last month by bevans
There shouldn’t be a contest between public transport and private cars, but a reasoned discussion about how we can integrate the two, writes Shane Te Pou
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Turner & Townsend has been appointed to provide cost management advisory services for the NZ$4·4bn City Rail Link project in Auckland.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Auckland Transport in New Zealand has awarded a contract to the McConnell Dowell-Built Environs joint venture (JV) to upgrade the Puhinui Rail Station Interchange.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
A major upgrade of the rail line between Auckland and Northland would cost $1.3 billion and there is no demand for the freight capacity it would bring, a Ministry of Transport business case says.
Posted 2 months ago by x31
The National Party says a report into shifting the Ports of Auckland to Whangārei or Tauranga is a thinly disguised attempt to promote rail.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
Project promoter CRL Ltd has selected the Link Alliance as preferred bidder for the main works package to construct the City Rail Link loop line under central Auckland.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Cities across the world are struggling to tempt people out of their cars and onto transit. Auckland reversed the trend by creating a really, really good bus network for very little money.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
The Government may have to scale back its $6 billion light rail programme for Auckland by scrapping a line from the city centre to west Auckland, says Transport Minister Phil Twyford.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Aucklanders might be on the way to doubling their public transport use to 120 million rides a year within a decade, a goal once deemed "unbelievably outrageous".
Posted 3 months ago by newsbot
The business case for light rail from Auckland Airport to the City Centre is being held up, as the transport minister considers an "alternative approach" to the funding and design of the proposed network.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
The Government's $6 billion light rail programme for Auckland is making slow progress as bureaucrats grapple with one of the biggest projects in New Zealand's history.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
Transporting waste by rail to and from a proposed landfill site in north Auckland could help divert hundreds of trucks from a deadly road, residents say.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
KiwiRail has announced a 12% year-on-year increase in revenue to NZ$328·8m for the six months to December 2018. This generated an operating surplus of NZ$16·3m, up 7% up on the previous year.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
A public transport group is disappointed that Labour's pre-election promise for commuter rail in Christchurch appears to be off the cards.
Posted 5 months ago by newsbot
KiwiRail has confirmed plans to replace its three ageing Cook Strait ferries with two new, larger, purpose-built rail ferries.
Posted 6 months ago by newsbot
The NZ Transport Agency Board has approved a business case for the next steps in a start-up trial Hamilton to Auckland passenger rail service, Transport Minister Phil Twyford announced.
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