Archive for: Kapiti

More Matangi In Service

More Matangi In Service

Today, Matangi services more than doubled on the Kapiti and Hutt Valley lines – increasing from the current 14 daily return trips to more than 30 return trips...

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Matangi Now on Kapiti Line

Matangi Now on Kapiti Line

Wellington’s new Matangi trains are now in passenger service on the Kapiti Line, which runs from Waikanae to Wellington. They are running a morning peak hour...

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Is Kapiti Coast SH1 Quake Proof?

Is Kapiti Coast SH1 Quake Proof?

A Wellington group is today asking whether SH1 needs to be moved in case earthquake-hit residents in the capital can’t escape north - especially in relation...

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Battle To Save Muri

Battle To Save Muri

In Wellington, a small community is battling to save its railway station which is used by only 30 people a day. Those affected still have a Pukerua Bay station they...

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New Ganz, Matangi, Waikanae -Photos

New Ganz, Matangi, Waikanae -Photos

600 people had the chance to get on board and look around the newly refurbished Ganz Mavag unit and a four-car Matangi train when Wellington’s commuter rail...

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Joyce “Clarifies” Meeting Cancellation

Joyce “Clarifies” Meeting Cancellation

Transport Minister Steven Joyce was quizzed in parliament this afternoon over suspicions that the government is trying to stop a Wellington regional motorway project...

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Can We Still Afford Highway?

Can We Still Afford Highway?

A Wellington region local body candidate has raised an interesting question as to whether it’s timely to review some of the big roading projects. Kapiti Coast...

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Transport Minister: Committed to Public Transport Funding – But Is The Integrated Ticketing Plan Now Dead?

Transport Minister: Committed to Public Transport Funding - But Is The Integrated Ticketing Plan Now Dead?

Transport Minister Steven Joyce  says his government is committed to providing funding for public transport issues in Auckland. In a letter to reader James, he...

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