https://wellington.gen.nz/poneke+blogs Items tagged with Poneke and Blogs. http://poneke.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/batt/#comment-10764 The photo above is of Designline trolley bus 363 about to enter the Mt Victoria Tunnel en route to Miramar, Route 2. Of course, there are no trolley wires through the Mt Vic tunnel. Route 2 runs through the wired Hataitai bus-only tunnel. trolleybus miramar hataitai transport places blogs Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://poneke.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/batt/#comment-10764 Poneke 2010-02-19T00:00:00Z -41.304278 174.7967804 Hataitai, Wellington, New Zealand http://poneke.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/batt/ BACK BY POPULAR REQUEST Believe it or not, out-of-Wellington readers have asked for more articles about the capital’s trolley buses. blogs Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://poneke.wordpress.com/2010/02/19/batt/ Poneke 2010-02-19T00:00:00Z http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/volvo/ Unheralded, and almost unnoticed, the last revenue trip of the last of Wellington’s Volvo trolley buses took place today. trolleybus transport blogs Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/volvo/ Poneke 2009-11-16T00:00:00Z http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/60/ The 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin making the first Moon landing reminded me I’d completely overlooked another anniversary as close to my heart as that long ago great leap for mankind. trolleybus transport blogs Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/60/ Poneke 2009-08-13T00:00:00Z http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/bangers/ Further evidence of the desire of all concerned to marginalise Wellington’s trolley buses is hardly needed, but wait, there is still more. trolleybus transport blogs Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/bangers/ Poneke 2009-07-21T00:00:00Z http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/troll-8/ Weekend trolley bus operations will not resume, despite Wellington ratepayers and taxpayers paying $9 million a year to run these expensive buses seven days a week from first bus to last. trolleybus transport blogs Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/troll-8/ Poneke 2009-06-21T00:00:00Z http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/troll-7/ After the droves of diesels of recent weeks, there were three trolley buses in a row at Karori Park at 7. trolleybus karori transport places blogs Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/troll-7/ Poneke 2009-02-23T00:00:00Z -41.2844173 174.7444792 Karori, Wellington, New Zealand http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/3654/ The indoor sports centre issue that led to friction between Wellington city council Andy Foster and his colleagues seems to be heading towards a solution of sorts. indoorsportscentre issues blogs Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/3654/ Poneke 2009-02-23T00:00:00Z -41.3173189425195 174.80162238644002 ASB Sports Centre, Kemp Street, Kilbirnie, Wellington, Wellington Region, 6022, New Zealand http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/trolld/ Since my post this morning about the continuing lack of trolley buses on the wired routes, I’ve been told by a reliable source that Go Wellington is having “teething problems” with its new Designline trolleys and many are off the road. trolleybus transport blogs Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://poneke.wordpress.com/2009/02/19/trolld/ Poneke 2009-02-19T00:00:00Z