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Electrification Works
Several weekend closures over August and September have seen more progress toward work for the electrification of Auckland’s rail. Along the western line,...
Spain 57 South Korea 0
Auckland is getting electric trains from Spain. The announcement was to have been made this afternoon but negotiations between the Spanish company and Auckland Transport...
More Electric Trains For Auck & Good Deal
Confirmation this afternoon that Auckland’s new electric train fleet will be 57 electric multiple units (or EMUs as they are known), which comprise three cars. This...
Powering Up For Electric
Rail workers have had one last full weekend of pre-electrification and pre-RWC work before the ban on construction during the Cup starts. There is apparently a closure...
Photos:Manurewa Bridges Rebuilt
Three rail overbridges in Manurewa need rebuilding to ensure there’s enough space for electrified overhead wires to run beneath them for the Auckland’s...
Big Morningside Weekend
A big weekend of pre-electrification work at Morningside. To complete work at the level crossing in Morningside Drive, that section of road will be closed to traffic...
Matangi Software Glitch
A software configuration issue has hit the first Matangi train during testing. It caused an electrical problem on a test run on the Upper Hutt Line. The Wellington...
Pics: Crowds Welcome Matangi
Every person and their dog wants to look through them. Curious Wellington commuters and keen trainspotters are crowding Wellington railway station’s number...
Joyce: Matangi ‘No Silver Bullet”
Transport Minister Steven Joyce says Wellington’s new Matangi trains will help ease commuters’ frustrations but warned they’re no “silver...
On Track For Electric
While some of us got drenched trying to walk or cycle the new 1.5km southbound Newmarket viaduct structure, thanks to the sudden heavy rain outbursts, rail workers...
Signal Work For Electric Trains
Auckland’s rail electrification is in the air. And that’s exciting. It may be months before we sight any new electric masts and overhead wiring but rail...
Matangi Hits The Tracks
Wellington’s first Matangi electric train has landed on the Wellington tracks, its new home. It will be undergoing testing over the next few weeks. The first...
1st Matangi Train Arrives
Wellington’s first Matangi electric train has arrived in New Zealand. The ship carrying the first train arrived in Auckland this morning and was leaving at...
Wgtn Rail Milestone
I’m blogging from the Wellington Railway Station where Wellington’s rail development reaches a milestone this weekend. At the entrance to Wellington...
Pics: 1st Wgtn Train Ships
Wellington’s first new Matangi electric train has left on a ship from South Korea and will arrive in the capital in about three weeks. On arrival, the first...
Mt Albert Station Grows
Mt Albert train station has its platforms extended for the new electric trains It’s not quite a much-needed face-lift at Mt Albert station but at least the...
Trains May Get New Life
Wellington’s present trains may get a new life - and continue to run on the city’s services when more trains are needed. What some may have missed...
Wgtn’s New Trains: Photos
Wellington’s new electric trains are going through their final paces before the first units get loaded on a ship in South Korea and shipped to Wellington. Wellington's...
Trains Won’t Be Built Here
Auckland’s electric trains will not be built in New Zealand. That’s the final word today from KiwiRail in answer to the union campaign to have at least...
ARC Fury Over Joyce
Anger today at the “discovery” that the government isn’t properly funding Auckland’s rail electrification after all. The government is now...
Mt Albert Platforms Extended
Another Auckland train station is getting readied for electric trains. This time it’s Mt Albert where work is starting on extending the platforms. Mt Albert...
New Trains: Who Pays?
The chairmen of the ARC and ARTA have requested a meeting with the transport minister to discuss the Government’s expectations for passenger rail in Auckland. It’s...
Berl: Build AuckTrains Here
Economics consultancy BERL, this morning set out an economic case for using local rail workshops to build Auckland’s new electric trains - rather than...
Where Electric Trains Sleep
Auckland’s new electric trains will have a new bedroom. Trains presently are parked at Westfield on the Southern Line - but a stabling yard will open...
Who Pays For The New Trains?
Once again Mike Lee is on the ball. A Cabinet paper obtained under the Official information Act raises more concern about how much Aucklanders are going to be forking...
