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How to Fix a Transport Business Case for Rail – Part 4 Bait and Switch – Change the Decision for Rail Later
- Wellington Commuter
- In 2006, the SKM Stage 3 Report recommended a Do Minimum “Base Case” based on replacing the old English Electric EMUs with refurbished Ganz-Mavag EMUs. In 2010, the GWRC then announced that new Matangi EMUs would operate on the Johnsonville Line.… Read more ...
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1000th hihi hatched at ZEALANDIA
- Zealandia
- Hihi were first introduced into Zealandia in 2005 with 60 birds translocated from Tiri Tiri Matangi Island. Since then they have bred successfully every year and this week the 1000th hihi hatched ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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First of Wellington's newest trains arrive
- Greater Wellington Regional Council
- The first pair of two-car units from Wellington’s new batch of Matangi trains arrived by boat from Korea yesterday morning (Sunday 24 May).
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Matangi fleet upgrade work
- Tranz Metro
- There will be reduced seating on the Monday to Friday 7.40am service from Taita to Wellington due to an upgrade of the existing Matangi fleet.
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Upper Hutt Rams make history with maiden win, Tawa pull clear to beat HOBM
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Tawa lock Filisione Koloamatangi had a top game in his side's title defence opener at Lyndhurst Park Wellington club rugby round-up week one first edition: A maiden Wellington Premier club rugby win for the Upper Hutt Rams and an ominous warning from defending champions Tawa that they are again the team to beat this year, in an action-packed opening round of Swindale Shield matches played around the Wellington region today. For the most part, the opening round was super-competitive, with only Tawa's six tries to two 50-14 win over the Hutt Old Boys Marist Eagles the only blowout score of the six games played under ashen skies and in a moderate wind...
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Tawa, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Manawatu Veterans Doubles Tournament (Sat Aug 17)
- Table Tennis Wellington
- Himatangi Transport Veterans Graded Open Doubles This annual Veterans event hosted by the Manawatu Veterans Table Tennis Club will be held on Saturday 17th of August. It is open to anyone over the age of 40. Get some friends together and drive up in the same car and make a day of it! It will […]
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Tranzmetro, this is what could be achieved
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Tranzmetro‘s new Matangi trains have an internal width of about 2.4 metres, and a bike on average is 1.8m long, so parking on a slight angle will give plenty of room for a bike to be stored on a train.
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Trams or trains – what 3 studies proposed
- Wellington Scoop
- The reality of the noise problem on Johnsonville trains (which brought complaints last week) is that the heavy rail electric multiple units which provide the service are at their limits on the line, although it now has the best on-time performance of any rail line in Wellington – 94%, even with the clapped-out English Electrics that were in use till June.
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Johnsonville Line Update
- Tranz Metro
- Read the progress update on the recent fleet change to Matangi for the Johnsonville line.
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Delays to Matangi services during icy conditions
- Tranz Metro
- We have experienced a number of delays to Matangi services across our network, owing to the current frosty weather conditions.
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Matangi: milestone or mistake?
- Wellington Scoop
- Another milestone was reached in Wellington’s electric transport history on 19 March when the venerable English Electric EMUs retired from their 74-year-old career shuttling commuters up and down the 10km Johnsonville Line.
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Harmony Matangi located
- Wellington District Police
- Johnsonville Police looking for 14 year old Harmony Matangi have located her safe and well....
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Matangi introduced on the Johnsonville Line
- Tranz Metro
- From Monday 19 March, every train to and from Johnsonville will be a new Matangi train.
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First the trains, then the buses?
- Wellington Scoop
- Stranded in Waikanae? TransMetro was replacing trains with buses between Porirua and Waikanae this weekend, because of continuing work on the Kapiti line. But today they announced that the buses may also be stopped “due to the extreme weather.”
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More Matangi in service
- Tranz Metro
- Twenty new Matangi trains are now in service on the Hutt Valley and Kapiti lines. These trains are operating thirty-one return trips every weekday. In addition to a number of off-peak services, the Hutt line has Matangi operating on seven return services during the morning peak and five return services during the evening peak. The Kapiti line has seven evening peak services and five morning peak services delivered by Matangi.
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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More Matangi In Service
- Auckland Trains
- 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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Riding a Folding Bike in Wellington – prepare to be friendly
- Cycling in Wellington
- If you have been anywhere in the last few months – bar under a rock- you may have heard of the latest phenomenon in Wellington that is folding bikes. And fresh off the back of a Greater Wellington campaign promoting folding bikes for the new Matangi trains, you can only expect to hear more about these little gems of the cycling world.
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Replacement Parts For Matangi
- Auckland Trains
- 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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Matangi’s Slow Rollout
- Auckland Trains
- 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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Inside The Matangis
- Auckland Trains
- 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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Matangi Rollout Still Slow
- Auckland Trains
- 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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Matangi Train on new inaugural fare paying run – Footage
- HuttNZ
- Well, it arrives. The new Matangi train is not an urban myth, as footage below shows it on its first run ex Wellington 9.00am. Only two carriages, as was also expected. Didn’t get onboard, but had a sneak peak inside from the outside. Got to laugh wondered why the door didn’t open, you need to press the button, modern.
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Wgtn Train Ban On Cycles
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington cyclists wanting to carry their bike on trains are being urged to buy a folding bike instead, now the new trains are being introduced.
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3rd Matangi Arrives
- Auckland Trains
- The third new Matangi electric train unit has arrived in Wellington.
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Matangi Tested Under Own Power
- Auckland Trains
- The first new Matangi train has gone up the Johnsonville Line under its own power.
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Matangi Software Glitch
- Auckland Trains
- A software configuration issue has hit the first Matangi train during testing.
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Joyce: Matangi ‘No Silver Bullet”
- Auckland Trains
- Transport Minister Steven Joyce says Wellington’s new Matangi trains will help ease commuters’ frustrations but warned they’re no “silver bullet.
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New Train Great For Disabled
- Auckland Trains
- The acting Minister for Disability Issues Pansy Wong has praised Wellington’s new Matangi trains for being designed to be accessible to and make life easier for people with a disability.
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Pics: Crowds Welcome Matangi
- Auckland Trains
- Every person and their dog wants to look through them.
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Matangi Train Launch Sept 9
- Auckland Trains
- Want have a look inside Wellington’s new Matangi electric trains? You will need to be at the Wellington central rail station on Thursday September 9.
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