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Waikato Rail Plan Kept Alive
The planned Waikato rail service has taken another hit but it’s not dead. Waikato Regional Council today decided against rating for Hamilton-Auckland passenger...
Hamilton -Auck Rail Green Light
A Hamilton to Auckland commuter rail service has been given the green light by the multiagency working party investigating it for the Waikato regional council. Trains...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Britomart Peak Time Breakdown
Peak time trains into Britomart this morning suffered delays at a critical time when a train broke down at the platform preventing spare berths for those trains...
Old Strand Becomes Stable
A lot of work is being done around The Strand as you go past in the train. Besides the creation of a new city stabling yard, an emergency station is being created...
Strand Emergency Stop
The development of a stabling yard at the old Strand railway station yard is now confirmed and underway. An impetus is to bring a couple of the platforms of the...
Where Electric Trains Sleep
Auckland’s new electric trains will have a new bedroom. Trains presently are parked at Westfield on the Southern Line - but a stabling yard will open...
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...
Strand Railbridge Ready For Electric Trains
Work has finished on getting the old railbridge across the Strand ready for electric trains. The adjustments to the Parnell truss, which runs across The Strand...
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...
Catch a train from the Strand? So says the sign!
You can catch a train from the old railway station at the Strand during peak times. So says this sign -significantly detached from reality. It’s hanging at...
