Has 2010 been a good year for public transport?
As the year draws to a close I have been having a few discussions with friends about whether 2010 has been a good year for public transport or not. There are probably arguments either way.
On the bright side first Perhaps the biggest boost was the results of the Auckland Council local government election, and in particular the election of Mayor Len Brown on a very strong public transport platform. …
8 Comments Guest Post: The West is being won, but is the South being lost?
This is a Guest Post by regular CBT forum contributor Jodi Johnston. If any readers wish to contribute a guest post please email the admin – details under “contact us”.
Background
For people who have seen my postings on the CBT Forum, this will all be familiar material to you all, and I do apologise that you have to see this again.…
New Lynn Transport Centre – photos
I went and had a look at the finished product of the New Lynn transport centre today. It’s now finished, and the final product is incredibly impressive. Here are a number of photos:This is at the eastern end of the railway station.…
Speed versus Frequency
The new train timetables that started up on September 19th have been running for almost exactly a month now. A major change in those timetables as an increase in frequency for Southern Line and (particularly) Eastern Line commuters, but a corresponding loss of almost all the express trains on the rail network.…
Parliament discusses Auckland’s transport future
There was a very interesting question and answer session in parliament today on how the Auckland local government elections may affect transport priorities. A transcript of the discussion can be read here.
There are a number of matters that are interesting to comment on here.…
New train timetables
A series of new train timetables have been released, and will take effect from Sunday September 19th – the day the Onehunga Line starts running. The timetables are here:
Southern Line
Eastern Line
Western Line
Onehunga Line (yay – it actually exists!)…
Onehunga Station – photos
I managed to head out to Onehunga today and take some photos of the train station, which has now been largely completed. The site was a bit of a “mud-fest” as there has been so much rain in the last few days, but there has certainly been massive progress since I was last there.…
New Lynn Station – photos
I got out to New Lynn station yesterday to take a few photos. I’m pretty damn impressed with how this station is coming together and I think it’s going to be an enormous asset for the rail network once completed. The photo above is taken from around the limit of where you were able to get to until a couple of weeks ago.…
Where is this?
You’d never think Auckland might have a railway station that looks this good right? Well wrong. Amazingly, this is the New Lynn station – photo taken by Geoff. This is superb world-class rail infrastructure we’re getting. More photos at the link above.…
New Lynn Station – progress
I went out to see what progress there has been on construction of the New Lynn train station today – and while there’s still a reasonable amount of work left to do, a lot of the scaffolding has been removed from when I was last there, so it’s now possible to get a bit better of an idea about what it will all look like when completed.…
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