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Canterbury Highways Generally OK
Initial inspections show that Canterbury State Highways appear to have held up well after this morning’s major earthquake, but the NZTA is urging people to...
Guide To Weekend Roads,Trains
NZTA’s closure of the SH1 southbound over the Newmarket Viaduct from 5pm Saturday to 5am on Monday morning is the biggest road closure Auckland’s ever...
Concern About Motorway Closure
The Newmarket Business Associaiton is questioning why there needs to be an all day closure of Auckland’s SH1 southbound on September 4, which is also Fathers...
Sth Motorway Closes For 36hrs
A section of the Southern Motorway will be closed for up to 36 hours on the first weekend of September (4th, 5th) for necessary work to open the first stage of the...
Pretty Vacant & Wet
I caught a late train from Newmarket last night - and was disturbed to find the entrance way from Remuera Rd very wet with water seeping across the walkway. Take...
Brewer: Review All Bus Lanes
Auckland City Orakei ward candidate Cameron Brewer is calling for a complete review of the city’s entire bus lane policy - and says the new supercouncil...
Newmarket Viaduct Ahead
The southern half of the $215 million Newmarket Viaduct replacement project is being completed more than six months ahead of schedule. The initial opening of three...
Winter Of Discontent
A trip to Newmarket to check on the Station Square has left me shocked. Last month, I called Station Square, adjourning the Newmarket railway/train station a “ghost...
Ticket Blitzes Continue
Ticket fare evasion crackdowns continue this week. A blitz was conducted this afternoon and tomorrow there will be one at Newmarket. Tickets have to be shown before...
Ghost Town
In October, before Newmarket’s new train station opened, I had worries about the Station Square that was adjacent to it. I wrote: It looks like the sort of...
Videos: Seeing Double
It’s great to see the doubletracking on the Western Line in action. Here are two trains passing by at the new Avondale train station - which has been...
Nice Work, Newmarket
When I first stumbled upon a revamped Osborne St one night recently when coming out the back of Newmarket’s Rialto cinema complex, I thought I had been transported...
Big Crane Open Day
The Big Blue Crane project in Newmarket is having an open day. There’s not much to look at - apart from the massive big blue crane, which is the attraction...
Video: Crane Update (Repost)
The Newmarket crane project is going faster than expected on the southern motorway. The structural form of the new southbound viaduct is now almost complete, and...
Rail Performance Up
Rail performance on Auckland’s lines, lifted in March, continues to rise but has some way to go. The Easter rail improvements, which included the new Grafton...
Worst Delays Over?
After another shocking month of train delays in March, especially on the Western Line, signs are things are getting better. Although April performance figures have...
No ETA On ETA signs
Real time information of train arrivals is on its way - but still no exact date. ARTA will say only that “once the real time data feed is available from...
New Newmarket Crossing
A welcomed new pedestrian crossing in Newmarket got switched on today. It’s outside the Newmarket Post Office to provide a safer crossing point between the Great...
Goodbye Boston Rd, Hello World Class Newmarket Area Stations
This afternoon, I sat for a while at Boston Road train station and marvelled at how far we have come as a city with rail improvements in just a few years. The Boston...
Auckland Rail’s Big Day -Grafton, Double Tracking Opens - In Photos
An afternoon to celebrate. Auckland gets a shiny nice-looking Grafton train station, light years in looks away from the old style Auckland train station -...
40 Minute Road Delays At Bombay Starts Tomorrow Night
Big Blue Crane working in Newmarket tonight, causing road closures While work continues tonight involving the big blue crane around Newmarket’s Viaduct, it’s...
Bring On Real Time Info
Once we get integrated ticketing and real time train information, we won’t know ourselves. Of course, not knowing that real time info now is one of the biggest...
Auckland-Themed Murals To Grace Grafton Station - Photos
Auckland-themed murals will grace the shiny new Park Rd Grafton train station, as commuters wait on the platform looking up at the walls. The murals, being erected...
Getting New Grafton Station Across Finish Line - Today’s Photos
“There is just so much to do,” muttered one of the workers at the new Grafton train station this afternoon. With trains resuming on Tuesday morning,...
Grafton’s New Train Station - More Photos
Here are more shots of Grafton’s new station. TODAY’S GRAFTON COVERAGE CONTINUES HERE: Grafton station: Boston Rd side almost there - Photos ...
