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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How to Fix a Transport Business Case for Rail – Part 1 Jack Up the Rail Option BCR
- Wellington Commuter
- The SKM Stage 3 Report recommended keeping the Johnsonville Line because no bus Scenario had a better Benefit Cost Ratio But the SKM Stage 3 Report recommended “Base Case” excluded the cost of buying any replacement EMU trains and other costs as well Excluding these costs hid that the Bus-On-Street Scenario had the best Benefit Cost Ratio This post follows The North Wellington Public Transport Study (2006) which is the introduction this series of posts on “How to Fix a Transport Business Case for Rail” and will focus on how the “Do Minimum” Rail Base Case Benefit Cost Ratio was fixed in the SKM Stage 3 Report to help it come first.… Read more ...
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Wanted: people to monitor noisy Johnsonville trains at night
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Murray King is working with the Regional Council to reduce the train squeal on the Johnsonville line.
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Are noisy trains bothering you?
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Murray King from the Regional Council is working on reducing the train squeal on the Johnsonville line. He is looking for feedback on whether anything he is doing is having any effect. Let him know where you think the train noise is particularly bad and whether slower trains at night are making a difference. E-mail him at murray.king@xtra.co.nz to let him know what you think.
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Reduced car parking at Johnsonville Station
- Tranz Metro
- From Monday 18 August until further notice Johnsonville Station will have reduced car parking.
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Thursday 31st October, Johnsonville Line Disruption
- Tranz Metro
- A special timetable will be in operation this afternoon on the Johnsonville Line, services will be operating on a half hourly basis.
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Tuesday 29 October, Johnsonville Line Disruption
- Tranz Metro
- Due to an unforeseen extension to this weekend's track maintenance, Johnsonville Line services will run half hourly and are bus replaced.
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Disruption to Johnsonville services – 31st January
- Tranz Metro
- Services on the Johnsonville Line became subject to a disruption on Thursday evening.
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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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Travel on the Johnsonville Line?
- Tranz Metro
- We are experiencing mechanical issues with the English Electric trains which are causing subsequent disruptions on the Johnsonville line.
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Rockfall closes part of Johnsonville line
- Ngaio Progressive Association
- Rockfall on Johnsonville line A rockfall near Wadestown closed the Johnsonville line between the city and Ngaio from 6am this morning. Heavy rain on Sunday caused the slip. The Dominion Post has more on this story
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Ngaio, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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$2 Day
- Tranz Metro
- It’s not every day you can ride the train for $2, but everyone can on Thursday, July 28 between 9am and 3pm. Get out of the house and go anywhere on the Hutt Valley, Kapiti, and Johnsonville Lines.
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Another Injury
- Auckland Trains
- It’s been a bad week for people versus trains. Buses are replacing trains on Wellington’s Johnsonville line for a while this afternoon because of an incident at the Johnsonville station. It’s reported a woman was hit by a train.
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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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Goodwill Express
- Johnsonville Salvation Army
- Tranz Metro in Wellington have developed an event and partnership with The Salvation Army to support the Army’s caring work in the Wellington region for the Christmas/New Year period by collecting food for our food banks. The idea involves a special 4 coach English Electric service that will operate on Saturday 28th November which will call at every station in the electrified network to collect donations of non perishable food.
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Simla Crescent Station to close for upgrade from 19 October
- Tranz Metro
- As part of the ongoing upgrade to the Johnsonville line, Simla Crescent Station will be closed for approximately 10 weeks from October 19.
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$2 Day - Thursday October 8
- Tranz Metro
- On Thursday October 8 travel between 9am and 3pm on the Paraparaumu, Hutt Valley and Johnsonville lines will cost a maximum of $2. That's a great price and a great way to get around the Wellington region.
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Johnsonville Line upgrade secures future for 30 to 40 years
- Peter Dunn - MP for Ohariu
- Ohariu MP and UnitedFuture leader Peter Dunne today welcomed the reopening over the weekend of the upgraded Johnsonville rail line, saying the area’s commuters would reap the rewards of a better rail service for at least 30 to 40 years.
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Walk the line
- The Wellingtonista
- You don't have to be a trainspotter or J-line commuter to be interested in the redevelopment of the Johnsonville Line (though it undoubtedly helps). In any case, you shouldn't miss your one and only opportunity tomorrow to walk the tracks between Crofton Downs station and the Wadestown crossing loop. Highlights include spectacular views of the gorge and a couple of spooky tunnels to explore.
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Dunne rapt with Johnsonville Line upgrade progress
- Peter Dunn - MP for Ohariu
- Ohariu MP and UnitedFuture Leader Peter Dunne inspected progress on the $11 million Johnsonville Line rail upgrade on Wednesday, saying it was an impressive job and every sleeper and piece of track laid down was cementing the line’s future.
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An important message for Johnsonville line passengers.
- Tranz Metro
- Due to track construction work, trains will be replaced by buses after 8pm Sunday to Thursday nights from September 7 to early December.
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Light Rail Redux
- Eye of the Fish
- In my last post, I expressed concerns with the light-rail proposal as detailed in the Ngauranga-to-Airport (N2A) strategic study. Implicit in my statement at the end of the post that “I have a hard time getting behind this light rail proposal at this point in time” is the fact that a different time or a different proposal could indeed change my mind.
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Back on track: re-railed
- WellUrban
- There's a prominent article on page three of today's Dominion Post that, while it concentrates on a "stoush" between the city council and central Government, is good news for supporters of the Johnsonville rail line.
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