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Auck, Wgtn Rail Closures
Machinery has started arriving for the start of the big Rail Maintenance month around Auckland - and Wellington is also in for a closedown. The focus of the...
New Parnell Station’s Look
Works are about to get underway near the Mainline Steam depot at the foot of the Domain to lower the tracks between Parnell and Newmarket for the proposed new Parnell...
Strand Re-Opens (Update)
The old new railway stop at Parnell’s The Strand had its official re-opening this morning after its recent makeover into a stabling yard and emergency stop. Auckland...
Ring My Bell
Sarawira St is just down the road or railtrack from the busy Newmarket railway station. It’s also a nice street in Parnell where residents have got used to...
Stranded In Paradise
The Strand railway station is back ready for use. The platforms developed in case needed during the Rugby World Cup were commissioned over the weekend. Two...
Where Old & The Future Meet
An innovative technological hub is being planned alongside the new Parnell train station being built at the foothills of the Domain alongside the Mainline Steam...
For Stranded RWC Fans
Finally the Strand railway station is getting some attention although it’s too late to turn the clock back. Just two representative sections of the canopy...
Hamilton Train To Go To Strand
The working party group examining a Waikato-Auckland rail service has decided on a Silver Fern railcar service from Hamilton to Auckland’s inner city Strand...
Easter Rail Work Continues
Pre-electrification work around the Auckland rail network is continuing today as part of the Easter shutdown. At Newmarket Junction / Sarawia St today, sleepers...
Should We Save The Strand?
What an eyesore. As you pass west-bound alongside what served Auckland as its Parnell-based railway station for 70 years, you will notice how the platforms are now...
Slowing Parnell Rise Highway
We think of it as just an inner-city road but it a defacto highway. Parnell Rise has become a busy four-lane highway that often sees motorists exceeeding the speed...
Parnell Heritage Stop Is a Go
I’m thrilled that the new Parnell heritage train station is going ahead as part of the proposed $39m upgrade of stations. It will open about August next year. Trains...
Photos: Parnell 24-Hr Track Work
Workers are working around the clock this long hot weekend to upgrade the track infrastructure near Mainline Steam, in Parnell, as part of pre-electrification work. Trains...
Albert Park CBD Loop Pushed
Mayoral candidate Colin Craig not content with the suggestion pods are the answer to Auckland transport woes now is pushing an Albert Park inner city rail loop. He...
$13.5m Parnell Stop Detailed
The final ever ARC full council meeting has pushed forward the plan for a niche heritage Parnell train station adjacent to Mainline Steam off Cheshire St to enable...
Auck Council’s Low Cost Wi-Fi Plan
A low cost Wi Fi service for a wide area of Auckland’s inner city district including Newmarket and Parnell has been advocated by an Auckland city council committee...
Parnell Station Design Starts
ARTA has begun designing the potential Parnell station alongside the Mainline Steam depot at the foot of Parnell’s Domain as plans for a bus stabling park...
KiwiRail No Show Over Parnell
The Hobson community board tonight unanimously tossed out NZ Bus’ plans to create a bus depot where the Mainline Steam building is in Parnell’s Cheshire...
ARC Opt For Museum Train Stop
The ARC wants the Mainline Steam site at Cheshire St to be the location of a Parnell train stop. And today’s transport and urban development committee strongly...
Where For Parnell Stop?
Carlaw Park moved briefly back into the spotlight this morning for a new Parnell station but later the ARC opted for the Cheshire option. This after it’s...
Auckland’s Strand Station: What To Do?
So what should be done with the sorry state of Auckland’s original central railway platforms at the Strand? Already ARTA has been talking about stabling trains...
Parnell Strand Rail Bridge, Tunnel Prepared for Electric Trains - Photos
Work has begun to get the old Parnell railbridge across the Strand ready for electric trains. Workers have also begun working 24 hours inside the Parnell tunnel...
The Romance of Steam Trains (Photos)
The debate about the proposed Parnell train stop at Cheshire St prompted some emails asking how Mainline Steam fits into this. Mainline Steam has been in the old...
Parnell Train Station Idea Picks Up Urgent Pace
There will be a flurry of activity in the next few weeks to move forward the idea of a Parnell train stop at Cheshire Street, where Mainline Steam has its present...
Plan For Historic Parnell Train Station Gathers Steam
The Parnell community committee and Parnell Inc are winning converts for a plan to get a “destination” Parnell train stop and for the station to be a...
