Trains and Kapiti
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50th Anniversary Excursions Announced
- Stream Incorporated
- To celebrate our 50 years of heritage rail we are offering members, past members and the public to join us for a day trip from Wellington to Woodville and return. We are using all our locomotives and carriages and offering four options for the day. Ja 1271 & Ab 608 will be at the head of the 'Coastal Steam' , and our pair of Da's, 1410 & 1431 will head up the Wairarapa with the 'Bush Rambler'. An excursion like this has NEVER happened before!
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Two vessels broke off a mooring drifted onto rail bridge
- Coastguard Mana
- Operation Details Date/Time: Sun, 28/06/2020 - 08:30 - 10:30 Operation Type: CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted: 0 Total Volunteer Hours: 14 Two vessels were "rafted up" on a mooring in the channel. The mooring appears to have broken below the waterline and the vessels were swept onto the rail bridge with the incoming tide. Coastguard Mana were alerted to a Facebook post a member of the public had posted and went to invetigate. After assessing the situation it was decided to get them off quickly to minimise damage and risk to trains. A callout was activated and a number of people responded to tow them off the bridge and into the marina. Vessel Details Length: 10.00m Resources Attendees: Devine Mobiinz CMFF sarge Mark Presling Neil Cornwell zanebublitz CRV's Used: Mana Rescue 1
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Disruption to Kapiti Line services
- Tranz Metro
- Due to a signals fault at Porirua Station, services on the Kapiti Line will experience significant delays during this evening’s peak.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Kapiti Line Maintenance Work
- Tranz Metro
- As a result of essential track maintenance work on the Kapiti Line, customers will experience delays on some services due to speed restrictions.
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Minor timetable changes to Hutt Valley and Kapiti Line
- Tranz Metro
- From Monday 12 August 2013 timetables for two Upper Hutt train services and one Waikanae service are changing slightly.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Trust mourns loss of Dame Margaret Shields
- Rimutaka Incline Railway
- Dame Margaret Shields passed away on 29 May 2013, former Labour MP for Kapiti, Minister of Customs and Consumer Affairs, Women's Affairs, and Chairperson of the Wellington Regional Council.
- Accepted from Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust news
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Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust, Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Derailment south of Kaiwharawhara
- Tranz Metro
- 10.50am 20 May 2013. Just after 8.00am, a Tranz Metro passenger train derailed while coming into Wellington blocking the southbound tracks on both the Kapiti and Hutt Valley Lines.
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Kaiwharawhara, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Kapiti Line Delays this morning
- Tranz Metro
- A disabled train on the Kapiti Line led to delays for some commuters this morning.
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Tunnel 1 Upgrade Work
- Tranz Metro
- Tunnel 1 is the first tunnel encountered by trains on the Kapiti line leaving Wellington. It runs between the Hutt Road over bridge and the Ngauranga Gorge road over bridge and is just over 1.2 kilometres long.
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Paraparaumu Monthly ticket holders
- Tranz Metro
- Tranz Metro wishes to advise all Tranz Metro monthly ticket holders who travelled on the Capital Connection to Wellington on Tuesday 22 May that you are able to request a refund if you purchased a Capital Connection ticket.
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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.”
- Accepted from Wellington Scoop features
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Upgrade work at Kenepuru Station completed
- Tranz Metro
- Essential repairs and reconstruction at Kenepuru Station on the Kapiti Line have been completed, with the station reopen on Tuesday 24 January 2012.
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Upgrade work at Kenepuru and Naenae stations
- Tranz Metro
- Greater Wellington Regional Council and KiwiRail are carrying out essential repairs and reconstructions at Kenepuru Station on the Kapiti Line and Naenae Station on the Hutt Valley line over the holiday break to ensure passenger’s safety and improve access.
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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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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Trial of Electronic Bus Replacement Signs
- Tranz Metro
- Tranz Metro is trialing electronic bus replacement signs at Paraparaumu and Plimmerton stations. The electronic sign will be switched on when buses are replacing trains at a station. We are interested to hear your feedback on the new signs.
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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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We'll no longer be clipping tickets at your station before you board
- Tranz Metro
- From Wednesday 18 May 2011, if you're boarding the train on the Kapiti Line between Paremata and Takapu Road, you'll no longer see extra staff clipping tickets and checking monthly passes at your platform.
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Kapiti Alignment Revealed
- Auckland Trains
- Today was the day of reckoning for the north Wellington residents anxious to know what alignment the NZTA had chosen for the MacKays to Peka Peka Expressway.
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Battle To Save Muri
- Auckland Trains
- In Wellington, a small community is battling to save its railway station which is used by only 30 people a day.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Muri Station, Wellington
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Wellington’s State Of Play
- Auckland Trains
- With north Wellington’s Waikanae open at the weekend and Matangi trains running soon, Wellington’s long winters of discontent will be coming to an end with the massive upgrades coming into play.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Electrification to Waikanae – the importance of trains
- Sustainable Wellington Transport
- Note: The opening of the Waikanae Railway Station was the scene for a major protest about the proposed Kapiti Expressway – those involved say that the Dominion Post has underestimated the number of protesters.
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Watch out there will be more trains about
- Tranz Metro
- As we prepare for services to Waikanae, more trains will be running between Paraparaumu and Waikanae station. Make sure you use level crossings, bridges or subways where they are provided and don’t cross the tracks anywhere else.
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Our Christmas bus replacements have an upside for the Wellington Tramway Museum
- Tranz Metro
- Over the Christmas break many train services are being replaced by buses. For the Wellington Tramway Museum based at Queen Elisabeth II Park this means becoming an extra stop on the line from Wellington to Paraparaumu with our train replacement buses stopping at McKays Crossing on some days.
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Otaki To Levin Tenders Called
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington’s SH1 giant northern coastal expressway project took another big step today, while a vigorous debate about it continues on a local level during the local body elections.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Kapiti Expressway Opposition
- Auckland Trains
- Wellington’s Kapiti expressway debate is hotting up with a three-hour public meeting attended by 300 people and Labour calling on it to be a local election issue next issue over stopping the project.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Wellington Coast Expressway Progress
- Auckland Trains
- The big expressway project around the coast of Wellington took another step today with the major local council “buying in.” Kapiti Coast District Council today adopted a set of objectives for membership of the Sandhills Expressway Alliance that is being established by NZTA.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Showdown Over Kapiti Expressway
- Auckland Trains
- The Kapiti Coast District Council meets tomorrow to decide on whether to continue to fight NZTA’s plans to build a motorway through the Kapiti Coast.
- Submitted by tonytw1
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Kapiti Coast Rail Project Takes Another Step
- Auckland Trains
- On Wellington’s Kapiti Coast, the move to bring regular Tranz Metro commuter services to Waikanae has stepped up a notch.
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Work starts today on $1m Wellington suburban station
- Auckland Trains
- Work started this morning on a $1million improvement to Wellington’s Pukerua Bay Station.
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