Environment Waikato conducted a business case study into the feasibility of a rail service between Hamilton and Auckland. We have uploaded it in PDF format here: Waikato Rail Business Case Things have moved on a bit from when this study was done. For instance, the study thinks that 1 service […]
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ARTA Media Release Autumn is upon us and many Auckland cyclists consider the milder conditions the best to get on their bikes and use pedal power to move around the city. To help cyclists and would-be-cyclists on their way, a series of online, interactive cycle maps have been launched today […]
Submissions on the Draft Annual Plans for Hamilton City Council and Waikato District Council close this Friday, 23rd April. This is your chance to remind both councils you want Waikato Trains Now! The CBT has made it easy for you, and you can kill two birds with one stone and submit […]
Finally, the New Zealand Herald reports work has started on Onehunga’s new rail station: ARC chairman Mike Lee and the Campaign for Better Transport, which raised an 8000-signature petition in 2006 to reopen the Onehunga branch railway line to passenger trains, were last week becoming increasingly nervous about a lack […]
The Dominion Post has a first look at the new trains for the Wellington network: Meanwhile, work on new stations on the Kapiti line is now underway.
…sadly (for Auckland, that is) Palmerston North International Airport is in discussions with KiwiRail, the Manawatu Standard reports. They’ve even produced a design, which also includes a bus terminal: The airport station would be on a loop from the North Island Main Trunk, and have a freight rail connection.
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.
The Manukau Courier has a full report on the progress the city’s new station is making: Diggers have started excavating the 300-metre long trench where trains will draw up beside two platforms at the new railway station at Davies Ave. KiwiRail project manager Paul Crawford says the start of digging […]