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Cross That It’s Still Not On
The Four Nations rugby league match at Eden Park next Saturday will give another helpful dry run for how transport arragements will work for the RWC 2011 next year. The...
Safe To Cross
At last.. it’s almost safe to cross Sandringham Rd to get to or from the Kingsland railway station. The long-awaited long -promised traffic lights are being...
Signals Electric
It’s exciting to see early signs of the next stage of the Auckland rail electrification project starting to appear. Workers were very excited late yesterday...
Videos: Tamper Outburst
It was Tamper Time for the Morningside to Kingsland line this afternoon as the track was straightened and balanced as part of the big weekend of pre-electrification...
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...
New 24hr Liquor Bans
24-hour liquor bans are to be imposed in Kingsland, Mount Roskill, Mount Albert, Grey Lynn shopping and business districts. It will be interesting to see how that...
Eden Park Opening Oct 10
The new look Eden Park will be officially opened on Sunday October 10 with a charity public open day but who will be Mayor? The prime minister John Key will officially...
Expert Gives Auck Report Card
World-renowned Danish architect and urban designer Jan Gehl gave Auckland City Council a report card this afternoon - and said Auckland’s streets generally...
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...
RWC2011 Side Tracked
Wonder where all the money is going on transport arrangements fopr the Rugby World Cup 2011 around Eden Park? Here’s a new example. Work has begun on building...
Police: Rugby Trains Made Difference
12 vehicles were impounded and 20 people had their license suspended after returning a reading of more than 650 micrograms of alcohol per litre of breath in a post-...
$3m Eden Park Walkway Opens
It cost $3m and it was open for business today. It’s called the Wairepo Swamp Road but it’s not a road when matches like tonight are on at Eden Park. The...
Kingsland Revamp Opens
All Blacks and local body officials arrived by train at the Kingsland train station this afternoon to talk up the RWC 2011. Rugby World Cup minister Murray McCully,...
Photos: Stairway To Eden
The lady who’s sure has plenty of stairways to rugby heaven to choose from when the Kingsland train/railway station revamp opens. Although if she’s heading...
Kingsland Today
Here’s photos and video of how Kingsland train station looks today. The countdown is on for it to be finished by the Tri-Nations game at Eden Park in a few...
Videos: Kingsland Latest
Kingsland’s platforms are being extended in time for the tri-Nations Springboks clash on July 10. Here’s how the work looks from high: Go to PHOTOS...
Another Busy Weekend
Work on doubletracking the Western line between New Lynn and Avondale and the completion of work associated with the new Avondale train station means buses replace...
More Flexibility for Signs, Crossings
Changes are afoot to change pedestrian crossing signals and parking signs. Or at least give councils more flexibility to make such changes. In Auckland, there is...
Kingsland Cycleway Opens
The missing link for Kingsland’s cycleway has taken only eight months form the start of the project - until Thursday’s 1030am opening by transport...
New Cycling Website
Cycling continues to grow - and it’s great to see a new local website born today. Su Yin Khoo, a designer and blogger at Good Magazine, who is a regular...
Kingsland Starts War On Sign Clutter
Let’s hope this works and catches on. Kingsland is trialling for six months an initiative to reduce street sign clutter. Kingsland today Kingsland as it was If...
Kingsland & SH20 Cycleways Get Closer - Latest Photos
Kingsland cycleway – the missing 1.24k stretch of cycleway alongside the Northwestern motorway, that pieces together the mainly off-road 12km route between central...
Autumn Rail Spruce Up Continues
Besides the big projects, OnTrack workmen continued to spruce up the track around the Auckland rail network today. This afternoon, they were busy between Kingsland...
Kingsland Train Station Revamp Ready for July Rugby Test
The revamped Kingsland railway station will be ready in time for the All Blacks test with South Africa at Eden Park on July 10. That’s the assurance this morning...
ARTA “Clarifies” Suggestion RWC Transport Will Fail
ARTA this afternoon tried to clarify a suggestion based on its own confidential report that the city’s transport needs won’t be met for the Rugby World...
