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Pre-Electrification Work Continues
Thankfully the sun did come out during Queen’s Birthday weekend to help rail workers take advantage of the rail line closures. Pre-electrification work continues...
Mt Albert To Get A New Lynn Look
Those attending today’s Baldwin Avenue train station ceremony learnt that neighbouring Mt Albert will the next train station for a major overhaul and that the...
$38.9m Rail Station Upgrade
A sped-up $38.9m upgrade of Auckland rail stations before electric trains start running in 2014 is proposed by Auckland Transport. The plan was agreed in principle...
Baldwin Ave Re-opens: Photos
The new-look re-positioned Baldwin Ave train station in Mt Albert on the Western Line opened for business early this morning. Baldwin now has room for longer trains All...
Baldwin Ave Upgrade Starts
A start on Baldwin Ave, Mt Albert’s much-needed platform extension and sleeper upgrade began this morning. Western line trains are not running this weekend...
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...
Mt Albert Revamp Months Not Years?
Is a major upgrade of the Mt Albert railway station closer than we thought? The Mt Albert precinct plan, adopted by a Auckland City committee a few weeks ago and...
Auckland’s Worst Train Station
During the recent discussion about the poor state of the Mt Albert train station which needs an upgrade, I had several emails from Southern Line commuters saying...
Officials Shown Disgraceful Station
Unkempt, littered, unsafe (and usually graffitied). The underpasses to Mt Albert station are still needing tidying up - ideally actually upgraded and made...
Ready For 6-Car Trains
ARTA’s new six-car trains will begin on the Western Line from September. Work is underway at a number of Auckland stations to extend platforms, in preparation...
Is Greenlane The Worst?
No more major Auckland train station revamps are planned for at least a year. But if money could be found, which would be the most rundown station that you would...
Whose Hand-me-downs?
Joust, in the thread on the improvements to Mt Albert station, has made a perceptive observation. Where have the new shelters come from? Are they hand-me- downs...
Train Horn Protests
Mt Albert residents who live near the Baldwin Avenue station has started an Auckland-wide campaign against train horns. They have launched a petition saying the...
Plan For Mt Albert Station
Today we got a look at future plans for Mt Albert. It includes a transport interchange involving the train station and buses on the busy New North Rd. But don’t...
New Station: Stoddard Rd
A new train station at Stoddard/ Richardson Rds, Mt Roskill just down the road from SH20. That came up at today’s Auckland City Council transport committee discussion on...
Update On Train Station Improvements Before The RWC
There is still work to be done around some of Auckland’s established train stations before the RWC. But there will be no more new actual railway station revamps...
Labour win stage one in Mt Albert!
Labour may have to give way to another party in Mt Albert Labour is the first political party to erect billboards in Mt Albert for the forthcoming by-election which...
We get flashy trains - but welcome to Gangsta’s Paradise
Now the dust has settled on the Government’s decision to buy Auckland’s much-needed electric trains, comes the scary realisation it’s a half-deal. Along...
