Architect Andrew Patterson has been brought on board to redesign plans for the Orakei peninsula, incorporating the Orakei railway station. An article on stuff.co.nz says the concept envisages 670 apartments of varying sizes in blocks up to eight storeys high, public plazas, a waterfront pier, circuit walkway, offices and retail […]
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Confusion reigns about the location of the Onehunga railway station, originally scheduled to open in December of this year. According to officials from ARTA and the ARC, Ontrack are claiming there are insufficient funds to extend the railway line from Galway Street to the rail station site the ARCÂ purchased on […]
As reported in the Herald, Scott Macarthur has started a weekend only bus service between Pt Chev and Newmarket. From Pt Chev, the service runs Pt Chev / Meola / Moa / Gt North Road, before crossing under the motorway to run along Levona / Fourth Ave / New North Rd / […]
The Herald points out that the obvious way to mark the 50 year anniversary of the Harbour Bridge is to let people walk across it. I agree. After all they let people run across it for the Auckland Marathon, so what is the big deal? But they scorn the efforts […]
The Herald reports that the Overlander rail service between Auckland and Wellington is being cut back to three days a week during winter. There is not much detail in the report, but I’m wondering what the patronage is at the moment.
The Herald reports a last minute reprieve for the Coromandel ferry service. A ferry service from Auckland to Coromandel is to continue as authorities wanting to keep the business afloat look at throwing it a lifeline. Ferry operator Discovery 360, which runs a service between Auckland and Coromandel via Waiheke, […]
The Herald reports: Signals turned green yesterday on Auckland’s $1 billion-plus rail electrification drive, as KiwiRail signed a hefty contract to provide long-suffering passengers with an ultra-modern train control system…the signing of a $90 million deal between KiwiRail and Westinghouse Rail Systems Australia…priority will be given to laying new signals […]