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5 More Carriages -That’s Your Lot
5 new carriages are being added to the Auckland trains rolling fleet. This will help cope with increasing demand and overcrowding. Auckland Transport says that’s...
Rail Overcrowding “Easing”
Auckland Transport says the overcrowding of rail services is easing. From 17 July trains will use five and six carriages on the southern line, following the completion...
Matangi Rollout Still Slow
The implementation of Wellington’s new Matangi trains is still slow - a sign of what Auckland may expect when the city’s new electric trains eventually...
Overcrowded Trains Exceed Guidelines
It’s official. Some of the train overcrowding on the Auckland train network is pushing the rules. Recently AKT was asking if the overcrowded carriages was...
Wellington Extend Train Moves
Wellington’s measures to try to curb train overcrowding and subsequent loss of fare collections are not just continuing but being extended. From tomorrow,...
Moves To Ease Overcrowding
Moves have been made to try to ease the growing overcrowding on Auckland’s buses and trains and to help those who miss out on catching a bus because the bus...
Back To The Future
Is it time to at least debate whether Auckland Transport should be running part or all of Auckland’s bus services? It won’t happen under the present...
AT Buying Buses May Ease Congestion
Auckland Transport has been asked to consider buying buses themselves and leasing them out to the bus operators to help cope with the present overcrowding on buses,...
Signal Work Caused Overcrowding
We’ve read about Wellington’s overcrowding issues on trains where they have even had to bring in an old London double-decker bus to carry passengers. This...
English Has Road Blinkers On
The Government continued its loud mantra that Auckland’s future public transport is mainly about buses. And buses need roads, and highways and a harbour bridge....
MP: Wellington Trains “A Shambles”
A Wellington MP today labelled Wellington’s train services “a total shambles.” Ohariu MP and UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne said that with unclipped...
Overcrowding Brings Wgtn Train Changes
Wellington readers remarked on AKT recently that they were travelling on commuter trains without being asked to show tickets or pay - because of the overcrowding....
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