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Safe To Cross
At last.. it’s almost safe to cross Sandringham Rd to get to or from the Kingsland railway station. The long-awaited long -promised traffic lights are being...
Eden Park Opens Sunday
Additional trains to Kingsland will run on Sunday for Eden Park’s opening which happens from 10am. At 11am Prime minister John Key and sports minister Murray...
Photos: Stairway To Eden
The lady who’s sure has plenty of stairways to rugby heaven to choose from when the Kingsland train/railway station revamp opens. Although if she’s heading...
Photos: Pressure On Kingsland
The pressure is on at the Kingsland train station. Advertising has begun for rugby tickets for the Eden Park match against South Africa as it begins the defence...
Kingsland Crossing Coming
The next stage of work around Eden Park for the RWC 2011 starts on Monday. It’s work to upgrade Sandringham Road to “improve public transport and traffic...
Photos:Eden Park,Kingsland
The next stage of the extension work for the Kingsland railway station platforms is happening and will be finished by June 30. This will mean the bigger platforms...
Easter Rail Work: The Noisy Stoner - Video, Photos
Track maintenance sounds less spectacular than preparing a new train station but it can be oddly fascinating. And it’s as important to the running of Auckland...
What Could We Do Better With $3m?
What improvement to a train station, walkway or bus stop could be do if the council gave us $3m? Looking again today at the new $3m walkway between Eden Park and...
New Eden Park Rd To be Called Mandela Walkway? -Latest Photos
The new legal link road at Eden Park to be called Mandela Walkway? Not sure about that. People may have greatly respected Mandela but not be so sure about what happened...
Auckland City Councillor: Kingsland Underpass Should Go Up To Village
Now that we can actually begin to witness visually what the much-trumpeted revamped Kingsland train station underpass and adjacent Sandringham Rd changes are all...
Rail Commuters’ Roading Black Spot
It feels like a tragedy waiting to happen. Every time I travel on the night peak time Western line train, I shudder at the Kingsland stop when I see out the window,...
Now It’s MC Hammer Time!
Why are you standing there man. You Can't Touch This! Work is full on at the Sandringham Road / Onslow Rd railbridge this morning as the new and relayed tracks...
Mt Eden & Sandringham Rd Bridge /Track Work - More Photos
Time is running out for the track work being done around bridges, with trains resuming Monday. Here are a two more photos of the Mt Eden Rd bridge development on...
Sandringham Rd Railbridge Update, One Week To Go - Latest Photos
Here is how the Sandringham Rd rail bridge area is looking with one week to go before trains resume. This bridge, on the corner of Sandringham Rd and new North rd,...
Rail Track Work - One Week To Go: Photos
It’s weird seeing parts of the southern and western Auckland rail network with the tracks missing - and workers have one final week to lay the track...
Auckland Train Development End Of Year In Photos: (2009,Part 3)
In the latter part of the year, New Lynn’s massive transport centre and rail trench project made for some fascinating viewing: The process began to lower...
Eden Park Link Lane Work Starts - Houses Being Relocated, Demolished (Photos)
As work progresses on improving Kingsland train station, including a new underpass for pedestrians, work has started on work around Sandringham Road itself. Work...
Workers Get Inside Sandringham Bridge Tunnel Today (Photos)
Work today at the Onslow Rd end of the bridge As hectic work continues today around the Kingsland area, workers move under the Sandringham Rd overbridge as part...
Work At Top of Sandringham Rd Bridge Continues (Photos)
A look at the work today at the top of the Sandringham Rd bridge near the corner of New North Rd, just along from Eden Park and the Kingsland station.
Electrification Work The Weekend’s Priority
The complex job of preparing Auckland’s rail system for electrification is a priority for development work taking place this weekend while buses replace trains...
