Poneke and Transport https://wellington.gen.nz/poneke+transport Items tagged with Poneke and Transport. Look mum, no poles! Wellington’s trolley buses now have batteries 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 Vale Wellington’s Volvo trolley buses 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 A belated and shamefully unremarked 60th birthday greeting to Wellington’s darkest secret, its trolley buses 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 Go Wellington gets three more old diesel bangers for the trolley routes 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 Blunder over the wires means weekend trolley buses will not resume. Why am I not surprised? 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 Another day, some trolleys turn up 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 Lack of trolleys due to “teething problems” 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