Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
The Rail and Maritime Union says it was the "height of stupidity" to ban all West Coast rail services after a workplace accident.
Posted last month by newsbot
Close encounters with trains are on the rise and as train frequencies increase, KiwiRail and TrackSAFE NZ are encouraging everyone to take a simple action that could save their lives.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
KiwiRail’s tourist-focused Coastal Pacific service from Christchurch to Picton is to restart on December 1, two years after being suspended as a result of damage to the line caused by the 7·8 magnitude Kaikoura earthquake of November 14 2016.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The Auckland Council has revealed plans to expand the scope of the City Rail Link, a 3.45km long twin-tunnel underground rail link.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
The City Rail Link is going to be bigger, and cost more, because the original projections for use now look inadequate.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Tararua's iconic tourist hot spot, Tui Brewery, continues to attract visitors to our region, most recently on Sunday last week when 209 visitors made the steam-train journey from Wellington and the Kapiti Coast for a real taste of Tararua Country at Mangatainoka.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Main safety announcements on Auckland train services will, from Monday, be read in both English and Te Reo.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
The single rail track through the Whangamarino section of the Hamilton to Auckland rail network can be seen on the left, with Meremere and the Waikato River on the right.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Brass fanfare and a tikanga Māori welcome saw Shane Jones descend on Napier on Wednesday via train.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
KiwiRail has signed a $49 million contract with JV Rail (a partnership between Fulton Hogan and John Holland Australia) to replace the overhead line system that supplies power to Metlink trains on Wellington’s Hutt Line, which sees five million commuter journeys every year.
The project is to involve replacing the existing timber poles with steel masts and renewing all the overhead wires and, simultaneously, replacing the system that supplies power to the signals on the Hutt line and with one that is situated underground.
Posted 4 months ago by newsbot
The Government has been talking about getting freight off the country’s roads and onto alternative sea freight and particularly rail freight.
Posted 4 months ago by newsbot
A $5 million upgrade of the rail bridge across the Opihi River near Temuka is on track for completion by October.
Posted 4 months ago by newsbot
New Zealand Super — an Auckland-based sovereign wealth fund and advocate for long-term approaches to investing — is moving to put its money, and more, where its mouth is.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
The Rail Opportunity Network chairman Rob Weir and spokeswoman Sue Moroney made a presentation to Waikato Regional Council this week.
Posted 4 months ago by VicRailNews
Cabinet has agreed to launch a procurement process to build two light rail lines from Auckland's CBD to the airport and from the CBD to Northwest Auckland alongside the motorway.
Posted 4 months ago by bevans
My train journeys started about nine years ago when my husband was offered a job in the Wairarapa.
Posted 4 months ago by newsbot
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has launched an inquiry after a passenger train derailed at Auckland's Britomart Station on Wednesday.
Posted 5 months ago by Railpage System User
Further investment in suburban and light rail is to be funded under the NZ$28bn Auckland Transport Alignment Programme unveiled by Transport Minister Phil Twyford and Mayor Phil Goff on April 26.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
Auckland Transport (AT) and KiwiRail have begun to install automatic safety swing gates to keep pedestrians safe at rail crossings across the city.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
Watching a popular Government making a politically dangerous and large policy decision is never a comfortable experience. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern led out a bevy of transport ministers onto the stage of the Beehive Theatrette on Tuesday to make what on the face of it was a bland strategy announcement about building fewer big new motorways and spending more on rumble strips, median barriers, bike paths, buses and trams.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
Aucklanders face a double whammy of fuel tax hikes of about 20 cents a litre if central government fuel levy increases and a regional fuel tax are brought in, but Transport Minister Phil Twyford says he believes Aucklanders understand the need for it.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
THE SUCCESS of a proposed rail hub in Wairoa depends on support from forestry groups and KiwiRail’s commitment to increased service.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
Passenger trains along the east coast of the South Island are expected to be up and running before the end of the year.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
An 11-year-old girl has been struck and killed by a freight train while playing with friends on tracks on New Zealand's north island.
Posted 6 months ago by bevans
A police chase ended up on foot along the Kāpiti railway tracks - stopping trains in the process.
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