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Fonterra Gives Rail Freight Big Tick
Inland freight ‘hubs’ will result in greater use of rail and lead to significant fuel savings and benefits for the nation’s environment. That is the conclusion...
Commission Notes Rail Freight Is Greener
Amazing. The Productivity Commissions acknowledges that rail freight is a greener alternative to road freight. That won’t go down well in some quarters. It’s...
Third Track Investigation
KiwiRail is being formally asked to investigate a third track for route protection on the North Island Main Trunk Line between Westfield and Papakura, and on the...
Official Thinking Of Freight
Transport Minister Steven Joyce has said he listens to what the freight industry says and the Government would not respond to other lobby groups who wanted to...
Some Good News For KiwiRail Freight
Good to hear some good news on the KiwiRail freight front. KiwiRail freight services are resuming along part of the Castlecliff branch line this week. KiwiRail Network...
Council Calls For Rail Freight
Substantial investment in rail to boost transit speeds and reliability is one recommendation in a report on the future of freight released today by the Business...
Council CEO: Mothball Northland Rail Line
The CEO of the Whangarei District Council is to propose the mothballing of the Northland Rail Line. He will argue that only the construction of a Marsden Pt rail...
KiwiRail Gets Off Track
KiwiRail is revising its financial targets downwards for the current financial year. KiwiRail’s end of year result would be around 12 percent or $15m below...
Northland Gives Puhoi Big Tick
The Northland Regional Council this afternoon will give the Holiday Highway a big tick, significantly after hearing in person from the KiwiRail CEO about the potential...
Art Of Noise
The trains are back and for some Aucklanders, it appears that’s bad news. The number of complaints about train noise are on the increase and it’s something...
NI Trunk Line Work Diverts Freight
From today through to mid January, freight trains will travel through the Wairarapa and up to Woodville. This will enable KiwiRail to do some essential work on the...
Freight Report: Let Ports Decide
Transport Minister Steven Joyce today released a new report which looks at several current issues in the sea-freight industry from an economic perspective. The New...
KiwiRail Upbeat
KiwiRail’s CEO is upbeat about how KiwiRail is doing and says its business is turning a corner. For the first time in many years we can envisage a vibrant,...
Kaikoura Slip Almost Done
More progress tonight on the Kaikoura slip. Both lanes of State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura are opening. NZTA says the severe weather affecting many parts of the...
Trucks, Rail Moves Again In South
Traffic is flowing once again on State Highway 1 south of Kaikoura after the highway was closed for nearly a week ago by a massive land slip last Friday night. NZTA’s...
Rail Freight Can Move Thurs Night
In the South island, KiwiRail hopes to re-open the Main North Line to rail traffic tomorow night almost a week after it was closed by a massive slip south of Kaikoura. KiwiRail...
Kaikoura Slip is A Monster
As much as 30,000 cubic metres of debris may have come down with the slip south of Kaikoura, blocking road and rail for days. The full job will take about 5,000...
Pics: ChCh Twisted Tracks
Latest update Rail damage no more than $2m Rail infrastructure took a battering in the weekend Canterbury quake and the aftershocks require regular checking of lines. Rail...
Politicians Blamed For Road Toll
“Misplaced investment priorities and a lack of political guts” are blamed today for why NZ has failed to make a dent in road toll figures in the last...
KiwiRail Positive But Profit Down
KiwiRail has produced an annual operating profit before depreciation and grant income for the year of $74.4m - an 11% decrease on the previous year. But chairman...
Tauranga Port Fingered For Rail
A report released this afternoon warns that NZ’s trade performance will become seriously damaged unless it can accommodate bigger freight ships within five...
Study: NZ Ports Inefficient
New Zealand ports may rank towards the bottom end of the ports of developed countries as efficiency improvements in the industry appear to have stalled, according...
Govt Confirms Fare Increases
The Government is providing $7m to meet a shortfall for Metro Rail in the current financial year- but make it clear today it’s pressing ahead with plans to...
Govt: Rail Helps Oil Shock
The government, in announcing today’s KiwiRail turnaround plan, answered questions about how it expects to work and what will be achieved. It defended its...
KiwiRail: What The Plan Means
KiwiRail CEO Jim Quinn has hinted at what today’s Government turnaround scheme for KiwiRail means for regional train lines – and Auckland and Wellington Metro...
