Want To Control The Signals?
I didn’t realise they still had jobs going as signal box controllers. Veolia is advertising one for Pukekohe. Reporting to the service delivery manager, you...
Mums, Disabled, Oldies Struggle With New Lynn Station
The new New Lynn temporary station is fascinating, being underground, but complaints continue to come in as mothers, older people and the disabled struggle with...
Western Line Not Even 50% On Time
February performance stats for Veolia confirm what we knew. The Western Line is performing shockingly and there’s no sign of any improvement. 46.8% punctuality...
Why Mums & Disabled Give Up On Using Auckland Trains
Back in November, I wrote about passengers openly demanding pushchairs be banned from trains and wrote: Poor old Mum. Passengers got hostile when, as they struggled...
Compensation For Delayed Commuters?
The contentious issue of compensation for stranded or delayed train commuters is about to get interesting. KiwiRail is now talking about compensation for commuters...
State Of Denial
The Herald has today picked up the story here yesterday about the unacceptable times being added to journeys out of Newmarket because drivers are walking from one...
Why No Trains On Christmas Day?
In Wellington on Christmas Day, a limited Tranz Metro train service runs. In Auckland, no trains ever run on Christmas Day. The idea that only poor people use public...
Veolia “May Buy” NZBus - Speculation
Here’s interesting speculation. Veolia to buy NZ Bus. Infratil selling NZ Bus is today’s bet in the wake of last week’s six-monthly earnings report...
Good on you, Veolia!
Veolia staff have really shone during the difficult week of coping with heavier train loads during the six-day long bus disruption. Passengers numbers were up around...
Bus Dispute Day 2: Firms Hit, Drivers Rally, Trains Stutter
Day two of Auckland’s bus industrial action and how did we do? Angry bus drivers |With permission of NDU As I reported this morning, trains chocked at times...
World Weekly Rail Report - Historic WWII Train Journey (video)
Never on Sunday: Parts of the UK were without a train service this Sunday. Train drivers on the busy London Midland network normally volunteer to work on Sundays,...
Auckland Airport Rail Link Becomes Top Future Priority
While Britomart was having its typical afternoon rush hour hiccups (electronic signs not working, platform confusion, some southern line delays) officials were making...
Train Manager, Let Us Come In (Or We’ll Blow The House Down)!
So another bad Monday on the Western Line. More delays this morning with announcements saying trains were delayed but at least, over the loudspeakers,Veolia did...
Train Managers Hanky Panky Ruling
The employment relations authority has challenged Veoilia’s decision to dismiss a train manager (known as a conductor or guard to us). According to the Herald...
Will Helensville Rail Service Survive?
Any day now, there will be an official review of the Helensville - Auckland rail link which opened for a trial service in July last year. Sadly, it’s...
Train Guards Not Coping With Stress?
Some of the new train managers (you know they used to be called conductors or guards) are getting over - aggressive in their treatment of passengers they...
How To Travel Free on Auckland Trains
Amazed passengers in an over-crowded train watched the other morning when a well-dressed and determined businessman refused to pay his fare - and got away...
The Day Britomart Went Blank
Just when you thought things could not possibly get worse..and everything that could breakdown has.. At Britomart, the display screens showing what trains are...
Auckland In the Future: Rail Links Everywhere – But What Happens To This Plan Now?
Imagine Auckland in 2041– a Metro line from Manukau City to Botany Downs, from Albany to Downtown and a rail link to the airport reaching Puhunui. How wonderful...
Another disasterous trip: Latest excuse? “Oil on the tracks”
Southern Line reader Stacey tells us of the latest excuse for a disastrous train trip this morning - “oil on the tracks.” Once again the pattern...
The Day The Trains Went Backwards
Tonight Auckland’s trains set a new high-speed record. The 5.33pm main rush hour Westbound-train leaving Britomart to go to Swanson took exactly an hour -...
Have a nice trip? No we don’t mean it and BTW, we’re watching you!
The biggest growth section in the Veoila rail company section has to be their their signage department. Since January, they must have hired dozens of signwriters...
Scary trip after train runs out of petrol!
Nicola emails about her scary trip on the train. Running out of diesel? What next! “I am disgusted by the Auckland train service. Not only are the trains late...
ARC transport chief locked in Auckland train for 2 hours- says attitudes & culture must change
Auckland Regional Council transport chair Christine Rose has had a not unusual nightmarish experience of Auckland trains - and she tells me the attitude and...
Suspicious package causes train chaos: usual lack of communication
CHAOS: Long delays and usual confusion at Britomart tonight UPDATE: The police blew up the package - no bomb. “At least it’s not our fault -...