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Waikato MP: Take A Bus

Waikato MP: Take A Bus

As the CBT announces a series of public meetings at key towns in the Northern Waikato, Te Kauwhata and Huntly, to campaign for the Waikato rail link, more evidence...

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Hamilton Rail Petitioners Want Underground Station Re-Opened

Hamilton Rail Petitioners Want Underground Station Re-Opened

The petition calling for a commuter rail link between Hamilton and Auckland will be presented to MPs at 930am on Monday at the Hamilton Railway Station, Fraser St,...

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How Many More Regional Rail Lines Will Close?(Updated)

How Many More Regional Rail Lines Will Close?(Updated)

The government has confirmed that May’s budget will contain a package of measures to improve KiwiRail’s position, after its latest half-yearly accounts, revealed...

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Waikato Rail Petitioners Successful But Told To Leave

Waikato Rail Petitioners Successful But Told To Leave

Campaigners for a Waikato-Auckland commuter rail link say they got strong public support as they collected signatures around Hamilton for their petition over the...

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Bid For Waikato Commuter Rail Service Increases

Bid For Waikato Commuter Rail Service Increases

The battle to get a Waikato to Auckland commuter rail service is still alive. The Campaign For Better Transport is out this weekend in the Waikato region gathering...

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Waikato-Auckland Rail Link Deemed “Not Viable”

Waikato-Auckland Rail Link Deemed “Not Viable”

The proposal for a Waikato to Auckland daily commuter service remains stalled. KiwiRail chairman, Jim Bolger, says the Hamilton City Council has come to the conclusion...

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Crucial Day For Waikato Rail Link Plan

Crucial Day For Waikato Rail Link Plan

HAMILTON CITY: Final race for the rail plan? A public meeting to plead for the Waikato to Auckland rail service will be held in Hamilton tonight - even the...

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Petition Launched For Waikato Train Service

Petition Launched For Waikato Train Service

Hamilton buses- where are the trains?CBT has launched a petition calling on the Government to fund the much sought after Hamilton to Auckland commuter train trial....

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Kiwirail Mothball Provincial Line -More Closures Ahead?

Kiwirail Mothball Provincial Line -More Closures Ahead?

KiwiRail has decided to mothball the rail line between Taranaki and the Waikato. Which way now for rail to Hamilton? As a consequence of the closure, milk product...

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Waikato Expressway – Not Rail –  Wins as Public Transport Funding Diverted

Waikato Expressway - Not Rail - Wins as Public Transport Funding Diverted

It’s a sad day for the Waikato commuter rail campaign. Motorways, namely the Waikato expressway, have won the day. The Government has pulled the rug from...

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Hamilton’s Secret Underground Rail Station (+Photos)

Hamilton’s Secret Underground Rail Station (+Photos)

Is this an outtake from those underground train scenes in The Matrix or something from a zombie movie at the scene of where flesh-eating creatures have been living...

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Govt Approval Of Heavier Trucks Beggars Belief

Govt Approval Of Heavier Trucks Beggars Belief

There’s something scary that the same weekend that President Obama’s American Clean Energy and Security Act, which mandates reductions in carbon dioxide...

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Light Rail For Downtown For RWC?

Light Rail For Downtown For RWC?

Brilliant idea. Cameron Pitches of the Campaign for Better Transport is today suggesting that as well as thinking about improving Auckland’s waterfront in...

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Waikato’s Regional Council Says No To Funding Hamilton Rail

Waikato’s Regional Council Says No To Funding Hamilton Rail

Last night’s public meeting in Hamilton showed strong support for the proposed Hamilton to Auckland weekday rail service with about 60 residents and business...

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Last Push for the Hamilton Rail Service

Last Push for the Hamilton Rail Service

Maybe we should all hire a train for the night of the 23rd to get to Hamilton to help get  the Hamilton rail service over the last piece of line! The Hamilton City...

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Mt Albert By-Election Candidates Attend Launch of Train Funding Protest Campaign

Mt Albert By-Election Candidates Attend Launch of Train Funding Protest Campaign

MINGLE: Labour's David Shearer greets train commuters Mt Albert by-election candidates mingled with a group of public transport campaigners on Mt Albert’s...

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