A CRL timetable update from Auckland Transport
After a recent meeting with Auckland Transport to discuss our observations, questions and concerns about the shape of the timetable once City Rail Link opens, AT reached out with an update.
We’re sharing the update as a guest post, so our readers can stay abreast of discussions – as always, feel free to add your thoughts and any questions in the comments.…
122 Comments The higher cost of a “cheaper” CRL
Almost two years after leaving as chief executive of City Rail Link Ltd to deliver Dublin’s MetroLink, Dr Sean Sweeny is back. And back in the news, critiquing the cost of the project he once headed.
While I get the points he’s making, and agree with some of them, his comments suggest he’s perhaps too focused on the individual project, at the expense of the massive benefits it delivers to the wider network.…
ART for RTN’s sake
What to name the various parts of Auckland’s rapidly evolving transit scene has been a recent topic of discussion.
First was Jon Bridges’ riff on the soon-to-open City Rail Link: “our new beautiful subterranean train set deserves so much better” than the letters C, R, and L, he wrote, provoking a public outpouring of acronyms and nicknames.…
CRL Services getting back on track
After our rising concern about the direction of the City Rail Link and how services would operate through it, it is good to see things are starting to get back on track.
As we highlighted a few months ago, it appeared Auckland Transport were about to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory – especially after we saw the hidden details of their first timetable test.…
Will 2026 be the year of the gondola in Queenstown?
This is a guest post by Darren Davis. It originally appeared on his excellent blog, Adventures in Transitland, which we encourage you to check out. It is shared by kind permission. Introduction
Tāhuna/ Queenstown is a year round visitor destination in Aotearoa’s lower South Island, known for its winter skiing and year-round adventure tourism activities.…
Getting better use of our transport networks.
Letting trucks use bus lanes – currently being proposed as a fuel crisis measure – might sound like a sensible solution, but it risks undermining broader goals around our transport system.
At the end of last week saw a few interesting comments from Mainfreight CEO Don Braid, and a swift response from Mayor Wayne Brown.…
AT Surveying about Western Line Level Crossings
As we’ve highlighted before, when the City Rail Link opens later this year the Western Line is set to benefit the most. Not only will it see the addition of two new city-centre stations (which all lines will benefit from), it also gets a significantly upgraded station (Maungawhau).…
Te Huia – what comes next?
This is a guest post by Darren Davis. It originally appeared on his excellent blog, Adventures in Transitland, which we encourage you to check out. It is shared by kind permission.
And is even more relevant as we are reminded by events just how important more travel options between cities beyond flying and driving really are.…
What Should We Do?
Or rather:
What We Should Do…
…about the maybe imminent – but always possible – imported liquid fuels crisis.
And by “we”, I mean the New Zealand Government, whose job this is.
First, and above all: we should think and act strategically, not just reactively.…
Charts to watch as fuel goes up
There’s a lot going on in the world right now and it has the potential to have significant impact on transport (and the economy) here in New Zealand.
With that in mind, I thought I’d just pull together a few quick charts.…
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