Light Rail back to the Surface?
Yesterday was a dramatic day for light-rail watchers, with a number of developments. The Mayor prefers light rail on the surface
Mayor Wayne Brown shared his thoughts on light rail with Oliver Lewis at Business Desk, and he seems to nail almost every issue with the project so far, and the trade-offs involved.…
109 Comments Pedestrian Level Crossing Closure Proposals
In order to run more frequent services across the rail network once the City Rail Link opens, Auckland Transport have been required (as I understand it by Waka Kotahi who are the rail safety regulator) to remove all level crossings from the rail network.…
Perth’s Rail Journey – from (near) zero to hero
This is a guest post by Darren Davis. It originally appeared here. Perth, population 2.1 million, sits on the Indian Ocean and is the capital city of the mineral-rich state of Western Australia which is literally bigger than Texas. Three times bigger in fact.…
Removing the Takanini Level Crossings
Another of the interesting items at the Auckland Transport board meeting yesterday was about the plans for removing the remaining four road level crossings on the Southern Line in Takanini at Spartan Rd, Manuroa Rd, Taka St and Walters Rd. The board were asked to approve a business case for route protection of their proposed solution for dealing with the crossings.…
CRL Delay Implications for Other Projects
Back in March we learnt about the change in cost and timeline for the City Rail Link. An article in the Herald the other day brought the issue of the timeline back up again
Auckland’s $5.5 billion City Rail Link (CRL) will not open until sometime in 2026 or later, the Herald can reveal.…
Christchurch to finally get Rapid Transit?
Plans for light rail are way off the rails in Auckland and on the ropes in Wellington, could Christchurch get it right and deliver New Zealand’s first modern light rail line?
Last week a committee of the Greater Christchurch Partnership, a voluntary coalition of local government, mana whenua and government agencies, were asked to endorse the Greater Christchurch Public Transport Futures Mass Rapid Transit Indicative Business Case.…
It’s time to shine a light on Golden Triangle rail
This is a guest post by Darren Davis and Malcolm McCracken and originally posted here.
Last weekend saw some great news with the announcement of central government funding to support the purchase of new fleet of 18 hybrid trains to replace the ageing and life-expired lower North Island rolling stock.…
It’s finally time to properly reform KiwiRail
The last week has been a rough one for KiwiRail. Understandably huge attention was paid to their enormous stuff-up about a track inspection vehicle needed in Wellington that was both faulty and not even scheduled to be in Wellington when it was needed.…
Weekly Roundup 05-May-2023
Welcome to Friday. Here’s our latest roundup of stories that caught our eye this week. The Week in Greater Auckland
A busy week of coverage at our end: On Monday, Matt covered a few items of news about Wellington’s rail network.…
Wellington rail in the news: on track, and off
The Wellington rail network has been the feature of a couple of major news stories over the last few days, one good – and one not so good. The not so good news – the network
Firstly, today Wellington rail users are getting a very small taste of what it’s like to be a rail user in Auckland, an hors d’oeuvre of rail disruption if you will, after Kiwirail announced on Friday afternoon that speed restrictions will be placed on all lines and fewer trains would be able to run because they haven’t been able to check the network.…
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