Matangi trains and Johnsonville
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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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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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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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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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