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December-Jan Rail Closure Details
Here are the Christmas rail closedown details - following the decision by Auckland Transport to start them earlier than normal this year to accommodate Big...
RWC Topples Patronage Records
As expected, RWC inflated the figures for Auckland public transport in October creating records and big increases. It took the annual figure to a near 10% increase....
Mangere Station To Close
Mangere Rail Station will close from December 9. It is served by only four southbound AM peak trains each weekday during school term time to primarily serve King’s...
BDO Versus Pre-Xmas Rail Closure
Special bus shuttle services to transfer rail customers between Britomart and Grafton / Newmarket will run if Auckland Transport approves the plan to stop rail a...
LINK Services Growing Beyond Targets
The new LINK bus services are proving popular- ahead of targets. While the original green Link has kept its usual customers. A report to the board of Auckland Transport...
Ban On Candidates On Platforms
Should election candidates be banned from railway platforms? It sounded rather over the top for a Labour candidate to be ordered off the Onehunga station by a bellowing...
US High-Speed Rail Plan Killed Off
Very disappointing to see the Republicans have effectively killed President Obama’s plans for high speed rail. Congress has voted to kill funds for the high-speed...
Rena Beach Restrictions Lifted
Beach access restrictions will officially be lifted between Mount Maunganui and Maketū Estuary from 6am tomorrow However, the Rena spill clean-up effort is...
Greens Propose Wellington Light Rail
Scrapping the Transmission Gully Levin to the airport motorway in place of a modern light rail network for Wellington is the key part of the Greens’ Wellington...
Big Boys Toys Trip Far From Boring
Mayor Len Brown leaves for Shanghai on Thursday for a trip that has the potential to push the much-wanted Auckland City Rail Link project one step further. He’s...
Romance on the 19:57 From Euston
Cute story of the day: On the London Underground, commuters were bewildered when passengers started singing Bill Withers’ ‘Lovely Day’. It was a flash mob...
U.K’s Worst Ever Motorway Smash - Video
A 27-vehicle pile-up on the M5 motorway near Taunton has sparked explosions and an inferno, leaving numerous people dead (no official number yet) and around 40 injured,...
Aratere Freight Sailings Resume
Maritime NZ tonight approved freight-only sailings of the Aratere to resume. So Aratere will resume services tonight. No details have been released of what has been...
What’s Wrong With Refurbished Aratere?
What’s gone wrong with the Cook Strait ferry Aratere? Four return sailings of the Cook Strait ferry Aratere have been cancelled while the cause of “an issue...
You’re A Slack Lot (Well Some Of You..)
No matter what spin is put on it, too many Aucklanders have either been slack or disinterested in making comments on Auckland Council’s visionary Auckland Plans. 8...
Escalator Crisis Time!
Is anyone counting how often the escalators at Britomart are out of action - or need maintenance? I see it’s that time again. I always love the way there’s...
KiwiRail Remains Positive
KiwiRail’s annual report is putting a brave face on its result which misses targets and the company is also reportedly talking of a $6b writedown on assets. The...
OK Wellington, Do You Want Light Rail?
People’s ideas about what a high quality public transport system in central Wellington would look like are being sought as part of a major study being carried...
Grafton Rd Delays From Monday
Around last Christmas it was Quay St that saw disruption. This time it will be Grafton Rd which will include being speed being reduced to 30k and one lane in either...
Where’s Rest of My Highway?
An angry Rotorua Mayor has called NZTA’s regional office officials to a meeting with him in Rotorua today to “explain themselves to the council” over...
Accident Witnesses Sought
What should have been a night of celebration after the Rugby World Cup final turned to tragedy at about 2.20am yesterday when 17 year-old pedestrian Sanele Pauli...
Cyclist Still On Life Support
An Auckland cyclist has been in Auckland Hospital in critical condition and on a life-support machine since an accident the morning after RWC opening night. The...
RWC Have Your Say
The RWC is dominating everything at the moment. Have your say about anything off or on the field!
More Questions Raised About Rena
The Maritime Union claims several “safety of navigation issues” were raised during inspections of the cargo ship Rena in Australia and China well before...
Eden Park & Other Transport This Weekend
Auckland Transport is advising fans heading to Eden Park for the Rugby World Cup 2011 semi-finals this weekend to travel early as public transport and roads will...
