Dropping the Dwell
On Monday July 20 – less than a month away – for the first time all services on Auckland’s rail network¹ will be fully electric as the roll-out of EMUs reaches its next milestone. Having all trains being electric should at least remove the issue of increasingly unreliable diesel trains from the network however it will also present it’s own problems.…
140 Comments Comparing Capacity
It seems Auckland Transport is slowing getting better with simple advertising. First we saw the nice, simple and effective Bus Lane poster. Now it’s the rail network and City Rail Link’s turn. On AT’s Facebook Page for the CRL this image has appeared highlighting the capacity of our new trains.…
Electrics out west
It seems we’ve hit a tipping point with the roll out of electric trains in which they are now sometimes being used to cover for services that have broken down. Presumably this means the pendulum is starting to swing positively for the number of drivers who have been trained to drive them.…
A year ago today – Auckland’s first electric trains
A year ago today transport in Auckland was forever changed as the first electric trains started carrying passengers – although they didn’t start running in normal service till the following day. Electrifying Auckland’s rail network is something that had been on and off the transport agenda for almost 90 years.…
Photo of the Day: Harmonic Testing
On Sunday morning Transdev/Kiwirail conducted a large scale test of our electric trains. I understand the trains had been creating harmonics through the lines. This wasn’t affecting trains but was creating impacts outside the network – although I’m not sure of the full extent of the issue.…
HACKAKL – Blunder
This is one of the excellent efforts from the HACKAKL event on the weekend and is a new take on Auckland Transports EMU ads. I believe it may have also won a design award.
A dating application prototype for connecting Aucklanders with similar interests on public transport.…
FASTER FFS! – Part 2
Last week on the first day of operation there were a number of complaints about delays on services that used our new electric trains. At the time I said it wasn’t surprising that some small teething problems were probably to be expected and that if they continued then it would be concerning if they were still happening days later.…
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