Incredibly, our campaign for a waterfront tram has been adopted by the ARC and the Sea+City development team. The Campaign for Better Transport and MOTAT pitched the idea to the ARC in 2008, and Mike Lee and Sea+City have well and truly picked up the ball and run with it. The […]
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Submissions have now finished, but followers of our Waikato Trains Now! campaign might find this letter we sent to Cr Norm Barker at Environment Waikato a useful summary of the current positions. Environment Waikato are currently deliberating over whether to include Waikato rail in their Annual Plan.
The Waikato Times reports that KiwiRail will be laying on charter trains for Rugby World Cup games in Hamilton. An Auckland-to-Hamilton train service is being touted for the Rugby World Cup as a way to boost visitors to the city. KiwiRail public affairs general manager Kevin Ramshaw confirmed it was […]
Brian Rudman sums up the situation quite nicely in today’s Herald: Just as people from all around the south of England think nothing of jumping aboard a train to go to London for a day’s shopping, or to catch a show or a concert, Auckland, as New Zealand’s equivalent for […]
As covered by the Waikato Times this morning, the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee will not be considering the CBT led petiti0n for a Hamilton to Auckland rail service. The report is here, but petition is effectively dismissed in one sentence: The majority of us note that this service has […]
Media Release 28th April, 14:00 Environment Waikato will receive a petition this Thursday asking for a commuter rail service between Hamilton and Auckland to be included in its Annual Plan. Signed by over 11,500 people, The Campaign for Better Transport petition has already been presented to central Government for consideration. […]
The Annual Plan for Environment Waikato has, accidentally, left out any mention of the Hamilton – Auckland commuter trains. This is YOUR CHANCE to remind them they should happen this year. The CBT has written a submission for you. Feel free to add to, or delete from, the submission. RECOMMENDATION: […]
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 […]