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Driver goes through red light
A train driver going through a red light mid-morning added to Morningside’s general chaos today. Fortunately no-one was injured and the correct procedures...
TVNZ 7′s Mt Albert Back Benches: Rumble In The Hood
TVNZ7′s Back Benches political show screened live tonight from Kingsland’s Mac Brewery. Couldn’t get into the actual pub area where it was being...
Auckland City Council Support For A Rail Harbour Tunnel
Auckland City Councillors are moving towards support for rail to be part of a second Auckland harbour crossing. THEY GET IT: Sydney bridge already has a rail service...
Mt Albert by-Election Candidates & Dog Attend Tunnel Protest
Greens, Labour and Act’s Mt Albert by-election candidates turned up at this afternoon’s rally organised by the pro-Waterview tunnel campaign. The rally...
KiwiRail: It’s true worth revealed -and its priorities
Now we know the true accounting picture of KiwiRail - and hear new CEO Jim Quinn (ex-CEO of Express Couriers) admit underinvestment in nearly every facet...
Morningside Commuters Find Their Station A “Bomb Wreck”
Commuters trying to board from Morningside are battling to be able to find any room on the platform to stand amid machines and workmen busy tearing down the old...
Auckland City Council Gives Out Unhelpful Info
Auckland City Council’s weekly household circular City Scene this week highlights Queen’s Birthday Activities. NO GO: Good luck finding a train and getting...
Tunnel or nothing rally
It seems to be the season for protest marches. The pro-Waterview tunnel campaigners advise they are having a protest march next Saturday along the proposed...
Newmarket Rail Development: Full Steam Ahead This Weekend
This track work at Newmarket looks like one of those jigsaw puzzles you do and think you’re near completion but find there are some tricky pieces you can’t...
Auckland In the Future: Rail Links Everywhere – But What Happens To This Plan Now?
Imagine Auckland in 2041– a Metro line from Manukau City to Botany Downs, from Albany to Downtown and a rail link to the airport reaching Puhunui. How wonderful...
Food for thought
Letter in this morning’s newspaper from a Dominic Hutching: STILL WAITING: Will a decent transport system ever arrive? Less than $1.4b could buy the world-class...
In Melbourne, they surf on the back of trains - and angrily confront guards (videos, audio)
Two crazy stories out of Melbourne. Front page of the Herald Sun (to watch go to link in story to the left) First check out this video of a 19 year old caught on...
Morningside’s new railway station ready in July
Morningside is the latest Auckland railway station to finally get a modern look. A new station will emerge in July to replace the very last century - looking...
Feast on what’s in store for us in Newmarket
This is amazing for any of us who remember standing on the old drafty Newmarket station where there weren’t even any signs saying what platform trains were...
Melbourne rush hour trains disrupted again- lessons for us in Auckland
Trams seem to work better than trains in Melbourne It’s intriguing how Melbourne’s on-going issues with train services are mirrored with Auckland’s...
New Newmarket station is looking impressive
Great to see the new $35m Newmarket station - the future major station hub of the network - taking shape. Not yet clear is who will own it (it seems...
Britomart signals included in KiwiRail upgrade
Thank goodness the unreliable Britomart signals are mentioned in today’s announcement about KiwiRail’s $90m contract with Westinghouse Rail Systems ...
Does the 10 - year transport plan signal a train wreck?
The Auckland Regional Council’s Draft 10 year plan makes for some interesting reading. Lots of work ready to happen on the tracks but will it proceed? For...
The Day The Trains Went Backwards
Tonight Auckland’s trains set a new high-speed record. The 5.33pm main rush hour Westbound-train leaving Britomart to go to Swanson took exactly an hour -...
ARC transport chief locked in Auckland train for 2 hours- says attitudes & culture must change
Auckland Regional Council transport chair Christine Rose has had a not unusual nightmarish experience of Auckland trains - and she tells me the attitude and...
Suspicious package causes train chaos: usual lack of communication
CHAOS: Long delays and usual confusion at Britomart tonight UPDATE: The police blew up the package - no bomb. “At least it’s not our fault -...
The day the train didn’t know where to go
Britomart Announcer: “Those waiting on platform 5 for the 3.43 to Swanson, this train will be running 10 minutes late. No, it’s uh.. it’s arriving...
When Marketers Get It So Wrong
They might have Marketing Diplomas but they can get it so wrong with their spin. What on earth are they thinking with these boasting notices this weekend at Britomart? It’s...
