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Auck, Wgtn Rail Closures Near
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- Machinery has started arriving for the start of the big Rail Maintenance month around Auckland – and Wellington is also in for a closedown.
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Wellington PT Fare Structure Review
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- Greater Wellington Regional Council is about to begin a review of how bus, train and harbour ferry fares are calculated. Peter Glensor, Chair of Greater Wellington’s Economic Wellbeing Committee, says the review will look at how fares are calculated now and will explore changes and alternatives.
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More Matangi In Service
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- Today, Matangi services more than doubled on the Kapiti and Hutt Valley lines – increasing from the current 14 daily return trips to more than 30 return trips every weekday. Tranz Metro Manager Scott Brooks, calls it great news for commuters “who we know have felt the impact of service disruptions over the last couple of weeks, and we are very pleased to be able to bring them some good news.”
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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OK Wellington, Do You Want Light Rail?
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- People’s ideas about what a high quality public transport system in central Wellington would look like are being sought as part of a major study being carried out by Greater Wellington Regional Council, Wellington City Council and the NZ Transport Agency.
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Capital Falls Out of Love With Trains?
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- While Auckland’s train travel is at a high and growing fast, Wellington is still struggling to see the same sort of growth in public transport.
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Wellington Rail Record
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- Wellington’s Tranz Metro carried 46,792 passengers last weekend.
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Wairarapa Service Gives Hamilton Clues
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- As question marks arise over the proposed Waikato to Auckland train service, the Wairarapa to Wellington train service gives us an insight into how satellite town train travel could be extended elsewhere.
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Wellington Says No To NZTA Option
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- The Government knows best when it comes to this country’s transport needs and what motorways we need.
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Basin Reserve, Dufferin Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6021, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Bus, Train Fares Up
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- Wellington’s public transport fares which went up last October are up again in November.
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Transmission Gully Moves Forward
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- Wellington’s Transmission Gully motorway project leaped forward today following the same fast track path of the Waterview tunnel.
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Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Capital Can’t Grow Bus Patronage
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- Nothing Wellington does seems to be able to boost bus passenger numbers.
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Wellington Cable Car Kelburn Upgrade
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- Wellington is to get a new Kelburn terminus for its heritage cable car.
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Wellington Cable Car, Salamanca Road, Wellington Central, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6145, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Embrace Bus Lanes
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- Journey time savings of around 14% and reduced variability in service times by about 11minutes during the evening peak are claimed in the key northbound direction since buses returned to Wellington’s Manners St.
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Wellington Fare Increases Postponed
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- Fare increases proposed for Wellington’s buses and trains, due to take effect from September 1 have been postponed.
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$1m Wellington Transport Study Begins
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- A contract has been awarded for the $1m study looking at the future of Wellington’s public transport.
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Union Concern Over Tag Offs
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- The Wellington Tramways Union has raised concerns about the “tagging off” requirement of the Snapper/HOP card.
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Replacement Parts For Matangi
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- KiwiRail reports that replacement auxiliary power units are being freighted to Wellington to overcome the fault which led to new Matangi Metro passenger units being briefly withdrawn from service.
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Price Hike For RWC
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- Taking long distance trains to the RWC is not going to be cheap.
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Matangi’s Slow Rollout
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- By the end of this week 40% of the new Matangi fleet will have arrived in Wellington. The rollout of the Wellington trains is still a very long drawn out affair. They are operating on the Hutt line at peak times. 15 2-car units are in Wellington. Of those, 9 2-car units are in service. The rest are being used for training. 3 more 2-car units are about to arrive by ship.
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Nice Idea But Doesn’t Fly
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- An intriguing public transport experiment in Wellington sounded as if it might work but isn’t going well.
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Bus RTI Signs Get a DLAY
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- Wellington has finally got real time bus schedule info on electronic signs – but it’s already been hit by the mysterious disease that has been plaguing Auckland’s signs for years.
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Capital Row Over Parking Charges
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- The gloves are off in Wellington over Council plans to make Wellington the most expensive city in New Zealand to park in.
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Inside The Matangis
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- Reader Jim Curtis has taken a ride on the new Wellington Matangis and says he was impressed with the speed of acceleration.
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Wellington Fares Up
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- Two-thirds of Wellington bus and train commuters are in for a fare increase.
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Wgtn 5% Fare Rise Planned
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- A 5% fare rise on multi-trip tickets may be confirmed by the Wellington Regional Council tomorrow.
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Another Motorway Battle Looms
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- Another motorway battle is looming in the Capital.And it’s close to the Greens’ heart. A plan to ram a motorway through Hataitai may affect among others, Greens co-leader Russel Norman as he lives in Hataitai. And it could be another big test for the Wellington’s Greens’ Mayor. The NZTA plans to duplicate the Mt Victoria Tunnel and put a four lane motorway through Hataitai which Norman says would be bad for everyone.
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Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wellington Commuters Freeze
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- Wellington rail workers say they’re sick of freezing cold conditions for drivers and the public on Wellington’s aged metro trains, and are taking action to stop it.
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Wellywood Sign Is A Joke
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- In 2009, the Infratil-run Wellington Airport company began investigating the construction of a monument on an unused piece of land on the Miramar Peninsular to add another high profile attraction to Wellington.
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Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Auck vs Wellington Train Performance
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- In April, 90% of Wellington trains were on time to within 5 minutes in April.
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Matangi Rollout Still Slow
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- The implementation of Wellington’s new Matangi trains is still slow – a sign of what Auckland may expect when the city’s new electric trains eventually appear.
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