Electric trains: technical details
Last Thursday at the signing of the contract for Auckland’s electric trains some technical information was handed out, which I don’t think has been made available elsewhere yet. It’s an interesting read for those curious about the technical details of the trains.…
59 Comments Improving rail between Manurewa & Papakura
Yesterday’s blog post that analysed station patronage numbers over the past eight years highlighted some stations which seem to have somehow avoided the massive increase in general patronage over this time. Waitakere and Te Mahia stations were the two most obvious examples of this.…
Analysing station boarding data
Back in June I posted about station boarding data from 2003 to 2010 that Auckland Transport had kindly sent to me. While the 2011 data shouldn’t be too far away, it’s worth undertaking a bit of an analysis of the 2003 to 2010 information.…
Walk the Victoria Park Tunnel
On November 7th the Victoria Park Tunnel will open to traffic – somewhat ironically (given how many motorway projects were built ‘for the Rugby World Cup’) just a few days after a certain tournament finishes. A week before the tunnel opens to traffic though, there will be the ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to walk through it, on October 29th.…
Analysing buses in the city centre
I have done a number of blog posts in the past about how important it is for us to take a completely new look at how we operate buses in Auckland’s city centre. The current system is inefficient, confusing and creates huge congestion at peak times, particularly in the evening peak.…
Our Electric Trains
An exciting day for Auckland’s rail system as it was finalised that CAF have won the contract and also we got to see what the trains look like. Here’s Auckland Transport’s media release:
Aucklanders can look forward to a new era in public transport after the signing today of a contract for a new electric suburban train fleet.…
Northwest Busway to be investigated by Auckland Transport
The NZ Herald today reports that the idea of a Northwest Busway along State Highway 16 is to be referred to Auckland Transport for their investigation. This happened as a result of MP Phil Twyford making a presentation to the Transport Committee yesterday.…
Spectacular August Patronage Results
Auckland Transport has finally got around to publishing the August PT patronage report, and the results in it are fairly spectacular: The total patronage for August is the second highest month of the last nine years, just ahead of March 2010 and only behind March 2011.…
The New North Road corridor
Yesterday’s post about promoting the section of Great North Road between Grey Lynn and Karangahape Road as a high priority area for intensification generated a lot of interesting comments. It would seem that generally there was a lot of support for the idea, although with some justified mention that the impact of more people on existing schools in the area needs to be taken into consideration.…
CAF win Electric Trains contract
After many many years of waiting, the NZ Herald reports today that the supplier for Auckland’s electric trains has been finalised:
Auckland is likely to get Spanish-made electric trains after a close bidding contest in which a Korean contender is understood to have lost out.…
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