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#BREAKING
#TrainNews
: Te Huia will get additional off-peak services that will start running in February 2024.
A third daily return service will run on Thursdays and Fridays, where demand has been highest, and a second return service on Saturdays.
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#BREAKING
#StationNews
: The Parnell Station underpass is now open.
#StationNews
: Parnell Station underpass will open to the public prior to Christmas 2023.
The stairs on the station building side will drop back down to the existing ground-level path as the proposed boardwalk is part of a private development that is currently on hold.
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#TrainNews
: Te Huia carried 249 passengers per day on average last year.
The service received a 98% customer satisfaction rating last year, so far this year, KiwiRail is exceeding its schedule service reliability target, at 98%.
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#LightRailNews
: The
@SLR_AKL
team have released their proposed Surface Light Rail Network map.
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#TransportNews
: Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown is proposing that Aucklanders pay no more than $50 a week on public transport, including bus, rail, and inner harbour ferry services.
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#TrainNews
: A two-year review of Te Huia, the Waikato to Auckland passenger rail service, shows it has delivered or is close to delivering all the targets set by the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi Board.
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#RailNews
: A reminder we kick off our State of the Network thread tomorrow.
We will travel across Auckland’s rail network to see what work has taken place during the Summer Rail Shutdown.
Kicking off 9am at Swanson, stay tuned to this thread for more.
See last years below.
2022/23’s Summer Rail shutdown thread follows.
Sightly different will mainly focus on works areas rather than stopping every station.
Once again starting with Pukekohe. No more stabling yards and the (original) down main base near the Showgrounds is being fully rebuilt
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#TrainNews
: The Te Huia train service will continue to receive funding from the New Zealand Transport Agency, enabling it to carry on with its trial.
$12.2 million is being committed from the 2024-27 National Land Transport Fund.
Via
@NZStuff
:
#BREAKING
#TrainNews
:
@davemacpherson7
is reporting Te Huia has received funding from Government to continue.
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#CRLNews
: City Rail Link has tested the lights on the façade of the new Te Waihorotiu Station building.
📸: Duncan Chang.
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#TrainNews
: The new Te Huia timetable is available to view.
The new timetable has an additional mid-morning and mid-afternoon journey to and from Auckland on Thursdays through Saturdays.
Trip times have been shortened by 13 minutes.
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#BusNews
: Auckland’s first electric double decker bus is making its way towards Auckland and is currently in Wellington getting charged after being in Christchurch for an expo.
Photos - Karina Wong.
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#StationNews
: The upgraded Strand Station signals building has just opened as a café and check-in area for the Northern Explorer and Te Huia trains.
The survey identified some areas where further work is needed and this is underway.
KiwiRail was also undertaking an upgrade of the Strand Station. Including the construction of a ticket office, toilets, seating and café, there will also be accessibility upgrades.
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#RailNews
: KiwiRail has opened public consultation on route protection to enable the future four-tracking of the rail corridor between Papakura to Pukekohe and a walking and cycling path.
Consultation is open until 21 April.
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#RailNews
: Auckland's newest electric train is set for delivery in May 2024.
The next order will consist of 23 new 3-car EMUs with 13 housed in the new Pukekohe stabling yard.
There will be no changes to the design or accessories.
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#BusNews
: Auckland Transport now has 133 zero-emission buses in their fleet, making it the largest number for a New Zealand city and in the top two in Australasia.
43 new buses have just entered service, making route 24 the latest fully zero-emission route.
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#BusNews
: Auckland Transport has launched the ‘Your bus is back’ campaign.
The buses feature slogans like: ‘Back to 13,032 services every weekday’ & ‘In peak, this bus carries more people than 50 cars’.
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#TrainNews
: Waikato District Council has joined the chorus of people and groups urging central government to continue funding Te Huia.
Via Waikato Times:
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#CRLNews
: At Te Waihorotiu Station, wayfinding signs have been installed.
Spotted by
@zhuoyanakl
.
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#TransportNews
:
@MetroCanterbury
's new fare structure has increased weekday ridership by over 4,200 rides on average.
On July 1 they removed distance-based zone fares and introduced a flat $2 adult fare across the entire bus network.
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#TrainNews
: Waikato Regional Council has today welcomed the NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi Board decision to support the continued trial of Te Huia, the passenger rail service connecting Waikato and Auckland.
MORE 👇
#TrainNews
: The Te Huia train service will continue to receive funding from the New Zealand Transport Agency, enabling it to carry on with its trial.
$12.2 million is being committed from the 2024-27 National Land Transport Fund.
Via
@NZStuff
:
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#RailNews
:
@AklTransport
& KiwiRail have released renders and a map of works for the Middlemore Station upgrade as works get underway for the third main line project.
Construction begins in November 2023 and will be completed by early 2025.
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#TicketingNews
: The Government has given an indicative timeline for rollout of the National Ticketing Solution (
@motumove
).
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#TrainNews
: KiwiRail have released a video of Stadler testing one of KR’s new locomotives which will replace the aging South Island fleet with some to be used in the North Island.
The the first two DM locomotives are due to arrive and join the fleet later this year.
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#BusNews
:
@metlinkwgtn
is launching a new high frequency bus route 4, from Strathmore Park to Wilton/Mairangi Road.
Route 4 replaces, extends and increases frequency to the previous route 12 and increases services for regular route 22 users.
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#CRLNews
: The scaffolding has been removed from two sides of Te Waihorotiu Station.
Spotted by
@CityAklccrg
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#TrainNews
: Te Huia has seen a 64.9% increase in rides for February (in comparison to the same time in 2023).
During the first 4 weeks of the new timetables in service, Te Huia saw 1,731 rides counted on the extra trips (total rides for these four weeks was 7,554).
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#TrainNews
: Waikato Regional Council has decided reserve funds will be used to cover the subsidy shortfall to enable Te Huia to complete its five year trial.
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#StationNews
: Auckland Council and City Rail Link have announced they will be reinstating the plaza behind the Waitematā Station (Britomart), with work starting next year and have released designs for the plaza and Tyler Street upgrade.
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#BREAKING
#TransportNews
Last night, rail regulator Waka Kotahi lifted its recent prohibition on Te Huia travelling through the Auckland metro network to The Strand in Parnell.
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#TransportNews
: Auckland Mayor: If you don't like a congestion charge 'get on a bus'.
Via
@1NewsNZ
:
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#BusNews
: During its 11th week, Hamilton’s newest high-frequency bus route, the Meteor has carried 100K passengers since the service first started.
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#NZPol
#TransportNews
The Government has given councils new powers to make street changes more easily in pursuit of locally-agreed needs and objectives.
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#TicketingNews
: Preloaded AT HOP cards can now be purchased from vending machines at the Downtown Ferry Terminal and Devonport Ferry Terminal.
Cards cost $25 and come loaded with $20 credit.
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#CRLNews
: According to City Rail Link’s ministerial briefing CRL is due to handover to AT/KiwiRail on
November 26, 2025.
- Simple train testing begins July 24.
- Dynamic train operations begin late 24/ early 25.
- Full scale tests begin March 2025 when construction completes
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#BREAKING
#TicketingNews
: After significant consultation and consideration
@nztamain
has confirmed the brand name ‘Motu Move’ has been selected as the public-facing brand of the National Ticketing Solution.
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#CRLNews
: It's time to raise the roof at Te Waihorotiu Station.
Ceiling baffles are installed and the cladding is mostly complete around the seven skylights throughout the station.
The station floors will be the focus in 2024 with tiling to be installed.
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#CRLNews
: City Rail Link has completed the installation of the second and final railway line below the central city.
The newly laid 3.4 kilometres of track will carry trains underground north from Maungawhau Station to Waitematā Station (Britomart).
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#TrainNews
: Passenger services have returned to the Eastern, Southern and Onehunga lines in Auckland following KiwiRail’s summer rail works program.
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#TransportNews
: An updated version of
@AklTransport
's brand guidelines have been uploaded to the AT website.
The documents feature an updated HOP card design, a new livery for electric buses, a new livery for electric trains & updated ferry livery.
MORE:
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#BusNews
: As of last week 100,000 passengers have used
@AklTransport
’s new WX1 service since it began on November 12 2023.
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#RailNews
: KiwiRail have opened a new $30 million wheel shop at the Hutt Workshops in Wellington.
The new workshop features increased automation and improved workflows, resulting in a boost in wheelset refurbishment capacity, from an average of 30 to 40 to 75 per week.
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#CRLNews
: The scaffolding on one side of the Wellesley St entrance building of Te Waihorotiu Station has been taken down, unveiling the thousands of coloured aluminium fins that comprise its upper façade.
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#CRLNews
: Wayfinding signage is starting to be installed underground at Te Waihorotiu Station.
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#BusNews
: Today marks the beginning of a new bus network for West and Northwest Auckland. 🚌
NZ Transit Buzz will post about what we see out and about below. 👇
At Henderson Station some way finding has been updated but minor stops still have out of date way finding.
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#TrainNews
: KiwiRail have released a few more images of their new DM class locomotives which are currently under construction with Swiss rail manufacturer Stadler.
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#TrainNews
: Waikato political heavyweights have lined up to support continued funding for the five-year Hamilton-Auckland Te Huia passenger rail service trial ahead of a key meeting this month over its future.
#Paywalled
via Waikato Times:
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#CRLNews
: The internal fit-out of the tunnels at Karanga-a-Hape Station is progressing with the cross-passages between the Beresford Square entrance and the platform tunnels receiving their glass-reinforced concrete (GRC) panels.
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#TrainNews
: A new Auckland Transit Network map is rolling out onboard Auckland train’s.
The maps now show Drury and Paerāta opening 2025 & Ngākoroa opening 2026.
The map shows Pukekohe and Maungawhau (Mt Eden) are closed for major rail upgrades and CRL respectively.
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#StationNews
: A 360 photo tour has been uploaded showcasing various areas of Te Waihorotiu Station.
The tour shows areas such as the Wellesley St Entrance Foyer, the Concourse Level, the Passenger Platform, Back of House rooms and more.
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#BusNews
: More on the 'Buses are back' campaign they are updating the data daily to display on digital bus stop ad-screens.
Reliability and other daily stats will be rolled out as well between midnight and 9:00AM when daily data is updated.
Spotted by
@craiglo15187569
.
#BusNews
: Auckland Transport has launched the ‘Your bus is back’ campaign.
The buses feature slogans like: ‘Back to 13,032 services every weekday’ & ‘In peak, this bus carries more people than 50 cars’.
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#BusNews
:
@AklTransport
has taken their electric bus fleet to new heights with the introduction of Auckland’s first electric double decker bus.
The bus was unveiled at a media event on Tuesday afternoon after which
@MayorWayneBrown
took the bus for a spin around the depot.
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#TransportNews
: A new 10-year budget for Auckland has dropped funding for the fourth and final part of the up to $1.4 billion dollar Eastern Busway, partly because the Government ditched the regional fuel tax.
Via
@NewsroomNZ
:
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#LightRailNews
: The cancelled Auckland light rail project reportedly had a benefit-cost ratio of 2.4, meaning it would have returned $2.40 in benefits for every $1 invested.
#PayWalled
by
@OliverLewis
@businessdesk_nz
:
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#CRLNews
: The street level works around Te Waihorotu Station at Victoria Street are progressing well.
Kerb lines are being formalised and future road layout’s are taking place. Station access-ways are well formed above and below ground.
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#TicketingNews
: Two updated HOP posts have been installed at Baldwin Ave Station.
There is one new style post on each platform, the displays are full colour, feature the new
@AklTransport
branding & the readers are slightly angled upward to make the screen easier to read
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#BREAKING
#FerryNews
: Auckland Transport have contracted Explore Group to continue operation of some recently cancelled Auckland ferry services.
Explore Group will operate the Bayswater, and Birkenhead / Te Onewa Northcote Point ferry routes from October 1.
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#BusNews
: AT has also released a network animation advert as part of the 'Buses Are Back' campaign.
Spotted by
@gallicist
#BusNews
: More on the 'Buses are back' campaign they are updating the data daily to display on digital bus stop ad-screens.
Reliability and other daily stats will be rolled out as well between midnight and 9:00AM when daily data is updated.
Spotted by
@craiglo15187569
.
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#CRLNews
: City Rail Link are getting ready to take down the hoardings along Platforms 1 and 5 at Waitematā Station (Britomart).
Teams are adding the finishing touches at platform level, this includes drilling holes to install hundreds of platform edge warning tactiles.
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#TransportNews
: 🚄Te Huia passenger numbers are soaring as customer satisfaction hits a new peak.
Weekly passenger numbers from August 7 are up 30-50% on the 1349 avg in June 2023.
The customer satisfaction survey results are up 4% to 98% on 2022 results.
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#TrainNews
: Imagine a modern fully electric train, travelling at up to 160km per hour, with regular departures, seven days a week, from Waitemata (Britomart) station, with a stop in Hamilton but then finishing its trip in Tauranga.
Via
@thefutureisrail
:
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#RailNews
: KiwiRail will be carrying out an "aggressive plan" to fix a section of track on Auckland's rail network, Mayor Wayne Brown has announced.
- Over the next week, KR will be carrying out a plan to fix the 4.4km sections of rail that were subject to heat restrictions
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#CRLNews
: At Te Waihorotiu Station lifts and escalators continue to be commissioned and fitted out, connecting the passenger concourse level to the train platform level below.
One of the station's lifts is operational and being used as a builder's lift.
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#TransportNews
: Nearly two million trips were taken on Auckland’s buses, trains and ferries last week.
February 21 was the busiest day on Auckland’s public transport network in almost five years with 345,000 boardings.
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#CRLNews
: Things are escalating quickly at Te Waihorotiu Station as crews install 3 sets of double escalators.
The video shows the work involved from installation of framing, fit-out of steps, electrical system, balustrades, and glazing, followed by testing and commissioning.
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#CRLNews
: Crews have begun installing the galvanised steel walkway which runs along the entirety of both CRL tunnels between Maungawhau and Waitematā stations.
This walkway will be used for maintenance or if there’s an emergency.
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#LightRailNews
: Greater Christchurch councils are hoping to keep their light rail proposal alive, despite the axing of Auckland's light rail.
Via
@rnz_news
:
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#CRLNews
: At the Mercury Lane to Karanga-a-Hape Station crews are installing the treads on the set of triple escalators from B1 to B2, roughly 20 metres above platform level.
Crews have also begun fitting glass barriers between the escalators and commissioning the escalators.
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#FerryNews
: There are reports that KiwiRail’s Interislander Ferry Aratere has run aground after leaving Picton this evening.
Looks like the Interisland ferry Aratere has runaround shortly after leaving Picton this evening! Hope everyone on board is ok! Life jackets have been given out to passengers.
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#StationNews
: At Pukekohe Station new protective screens are being installed, platform fit out works continue, seating has been installed and a roof is being constructed along the existing ramp on Station Road.
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#RailNews
: The Public Transport Users Association, Campaign for Better Transport and The Future Is Rail are hosting public meetings to garner support for their campaign to stop the Government from axing the Te Huia train.
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Tracking from
@MarineTraffic
showing Aratere’s track from Picton before grounding near ‘Bobs Bay Beach’.
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#RailNews
: An Auckland Transport EMU test train has taken to the Eastern Line ahead of services resuming on January 15.
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#CRLNews
: Te Waihorotiu Station now has mains power.
Introducing a permanent power source gives City Rail Link the electricity resilience and independence needed to plan ahead for another critical milestone - testing trains and the station’s facilities later next year.
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#TransportNews
: A selection of photos of
@AKL_Airport
’s new Transport Hub which opened at 2 am on Wednesday.
#TransportNews
:
@AklTransport
's international bus stop will move to
@AKL_Airport
's Transport Hub tomorrow.
An AT spokesperson said there may be a delay in updates to the AT App & information display screens to reflect the stop’s new location.
The stop number remains the same.
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#TrainNews
: The CRL upgrades for Henderson Station are now funded.
The works will include an additional track and platform.
Just had confirmation in Committee right now, Henderson train station upgrades to the CRL are now FUNDED
Great work everyone, another good day to be a Westie
#WorkingForWesties
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#BusNews
: It would appear there is no dedicated livery for the WX1 at launch with buses maintaining the existing 'AT Blue' livery.
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#RailNews
: Trains have officially returned to the Western Line today.
Services are running between Swanson and Newmarket due to City Rail Link works at Waitematā (Britomart) Station.
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#CRL
#StationNews
: Aluminum cladding is being installed on the threshold between the passenger concourse and platform levels of Te Waihorotiu Station.
Printed on the cladding is a motif, designed by mana whenua artist Graham Tipene.
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#LightRailNews
: A parliamentary petition has been launched in support of surface light rail in Auckland.
At present 964 people have signed the petition, on January 31 the petition will close for signatures.
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#CRLNews
: The final roof slab for the cut and cover tunnels has been poured at Maungawhau Station.
The slab used a total of 130 cubic metres of concrete.
#CRLNews
: In the City Rail Link Maungawhau Station October Newsletter the team have shared several photos from behind the hoardings.
See alt text for a description of the works.
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#TrainNews
: KiwiRail's (KR) track replacement work on the Wairarapa line is progressing with KR work teams doing a push this Christmas with the aim to lift the temporary speed restrictions in January which will allow
@metlinkwgtn
to resume the off-peak train services.
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#TicketingNews
: It would appear the new National Ticketing System will be called
@motumove
.
The Department of Internal Affairs bought all the various domains for Motu Move in September but not the other name.
Spotted by
@LukeChandler
.
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#BusNews
: Wellington buses are now back up to 99%-plus reliability, says Greater Wellington Regional Council transport committee chairperson
@nashthomas
.
Via
@the_postnz
:
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#StationNews
: Wayfinding signage has been added to the verandas at Waitematā Station (Britomart).
Spotted by
@sbaker1428
.
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#LightRailNews
: Surface Light Rail (
@SLR_AKL
) have released a statement following the cancellation of Auckland Light Rail.
SLR are calling for surface running light rail 'built by Auckland for Auckland'.
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#TransportNews
: More than 70% of Aucklanders want mass rapid transit, like metro or heavy rail, to fix the city's poor public transport system.
Via
@twnonline
:
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#CRLNews
: From early 2024, crews will begin the urban realm programme around Maungawhau Station.
This will involve installation of curb and channel, pavement, footpaths, basalt paving, wayfinding, street furniture, cycle parking and new planting.
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#CRLNews
: All rail turnouts are now fully constructed and the concrete has been poured.
These pics show the installation & then completion of the last turnout connecting Karanga-a-Hape Station to both the Western Line and the future connection to Maungawhau Station.
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#TransportNews
: Auckland Airport has revealed a first look inside its new transport hub before it opens early next year.
There will be dedicated transport lanes for buses and taxis.
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#TransportNews
New Capital Connection carriages enter service from Monday next week.
The new carriages will continue being used until new hybrid trains arrive by the end of the decade.
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#TrainNews
: A review that could determine the future of Te Huia train service is nearly complete, and some promising data is emerging.
The review will influence whether Waka Kotahi keeps funding the trial beyond the middle of the year.
Via Waikato Times:
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#BusNews
: A new shipment of battery electric buses is bound for New Zealand from bus builder Geely Bus.
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