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Baldwin Ave Re-opens: Photos
The new-look re-positioned Baldwin Ave train station in Mt Albert on the Western Line opened for business early this morning. Baldwin now has room for longer trains All...
Many More Rail Closures Ahead
The entire rail network, only now getting up and running again will close again for the entire period of the Auckland Anniversary weekend from Saturday Jan 29 right...
How It’s Looking: Baldwin Update
Workers are working around the regular Western Line trains as they roll through Baldwin’s revamped station, still under construction. The city bound platform...
How It’s Looking: Rossgrove Tce
Baldwin Ave remains closed until at least the end of the month as work on the upgrade continues. Those normally using the Baldwin station will need to use Morningside...
How It’s Looking: Baldwin Ave
The major revamp of Baldwin Ave to enable it to take longer trains and be ready for electrification continues as part of the Summer Rail Auckland work. Here is how...
Masts Appear in Xmas Rail Shutdown
Once again, KiwiRail workers and contractors are gearing up for the big summer of rail work from Boxing Day while the rest of the city is on holiday. We’ll...
Baldwin Ave Closes Next Week
The early part of 10 week construction programme at Baldwin Avenue is going well - leading up to the closure of the station which happens on Friday week. Workers...
Spring Housekeeping Weekend
It’s been a busy housekeeping weekend on the Western Line with no trains running over the tracks. Besides the start to Baldwin Ave’s station upgrade,...
Baldwin Ave Upgrade Starts
A start on Baldwin Ave, Mt Albert’s much-needed platform extension and sleeper upgrade began this morning. Western line trains are not running this weekend...
Busy Western Line Weekend
Who has been growing toadstools on the tracks? New sleepers, new signalling, pre-electrification work and track tidy work are among the works happening this weekend...
Mt Albert Station Re-design
A dynamic Mt Albert station entrance building and better transport links are part of a winning design chosen to greatly improve the village. Unitec architecture...
No Sleepers ‘Til Baldwin
Work starts this weekend on laying new sleepers on a section of the Western line between Morningside and Avondale. KiwiRail and its contractors will be working between...
No Sleep ‘Til Baldwin
Here’s a sorry tale from commuter Andrew W tonight, about which I have asked Veolia for comment: “I arrived at Britomart for the 6:21pm service west...
Is Greenlane The Worst?
No more major Auckland train station revamps are planned for at least a year. But if money could be found, which would be the most rundown station that you would...
Trains Need To Be Safer
Last week’s serious assault on a train manager (formerly called guards) at Mt Albert’s Baldwin Ave is a worrying trend. Even more worrying is the news...
