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Middlemore Train Death
UPDATE Rail services are returning to normal after disruption this morning following a fatality on the southern line near the Middlemore station. Buses replaced...
Fatal Car vs Freight Train Accident
A woman has died tonight after the car she was driving was hit by a freight train on an uncontrolled level crossing near Levin. The crash happened on the level crossing...
Car Ends Up On Tracks
Wellington Police are currently at a motor vehicle crash near Petone where a car has ended up on the railway tracks, delaying rail services. Central Communications...
Man Hit By Train
A man died after being hit by a train at Te Kuiti this morning. Police say the man was lying on the tracks. In the early hours of the morning, a driver of a southbound...
A Tragedy That Should Not Happen
There are no winners in the case of the Auckland man on manslaughter charges for driving around a barrier arm and into the path of an on-coming train in Pukekohe His...
Video: Uni ‘Solves’ Crossing Accidents
Researchers at a Melbourne university think they’ve found a way to eliminate rail crossing accidents in the future. The La Trobe University hi-tech system,...
Photos: New Barrier Arms
New train barrier arms, shorter and made in America, were being installed at Mt Eden’s George St crossing today and apparently will appear in other places. The...
Ominous Start
An ominous start to the weekend’s Auckland train services! The first West-bound service from Britomart broke down just after Kingsland this morning. The air-conditioning...
Sth Island Rail Crossing Crash
There’s been a serious level crossing crash in the South island this afternoon - but no train was involved. Emergency Services are attending the crash...
Overlander Crossing Accident
The 86 passengers on today’s north-bound Overlander were transferred to buses after the train was in collision with a milk tanker at a level crossing at...
St Jude Street’s New Level Crossing Is Easier On Cars
Motorists crossing level crossings will soon get a less bumpy ride as they cross over the tracks. I reported a month ago how in the South Island, when the new Arahura...
Two Killed In Latest Rail v Car Smash
UPDATED: Police news release from S/Sgt Russell, Ashburton Police: Yesterday afternoon at 1350 hrs a Holden Motor Vehicle was traveling in a westerly direction...
Buy an apartment close to the trains- only $43,000!
UGLY: A typically crap looking apartment block by the Morningside tracks If you stand on the Morningside platform, you get a view of the large cheap and nasty looking...
Dancing with death: Throw the book at them
Every week, I see a motorist dancing with death by trying to beat the crossing arms before they come down and a train speeds past. Once the bells ring and the barriers...
Another sad car v. train accident
A freight train has collided with a car in Paerata, South Auckland. The official police advisory reads: One person is reported to have critical injuries, 2 persons...
