Trains and Media
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Why we need MRT
- Wellington Scoop
- At a time of close scrutiny of the LGWM programme, with some Wellington city councillors calling for it to be abandoned and an opposition party ready to scrap it if they win power, it is time to reflect on just why we need Mass Rapid Transport and what the consequences for our region will be if this doesn’t go ahead.
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Six storeys in the suburbs
- Wellington Scoop
- Light Rail is the second option being put forward by Let’s Get Wellington Moving for mass transit. While it is better than bendy buses, it has diverged alarmingly from what was supported by all tiers of government in 2019. Most concerning is the thinking around the route.
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LGWM’s anti-rail bias
- Wellington Scoop
- Let’s Get Wellington Moving has recently received a lot of criticism – apparently it’s spending $4million per month, enough to lay 100m of double track through town or purchase half a light rail vehicle (LRV). In my humble opinion, the criticism foisted on them is not scathing enough.
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They closed the wrong station – the wasteland of Ngauranga
- Wellington Scoop
- How strange that the regional council has renovated the wasteland station at Ngauranga, but has closed the Kaiwharawhara station which was used by five times as many travellers.
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Ngauranga, SH 1, Ngauranga, Wellington, 6037, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Questionable numbers in Regional Council plan to close Kaiwharawhara station
- Wellington Scoop
- The reason for closure is that the overbridge which was built in 1934 has recently been deemed unsafe because too little has been spent on maintenance and it is now heavily corroded from the sea air. As a result the station has been temporarily closed. Tranz Metro and the Regional Council are now considering what to do ‘long term’ with the least cost scenario to repair the bridge requiring half a million dollars. However, the mention of this work apparently triggers the legislative need for a passenger ramps to meet wheelchair users which would raise the cost to $2.4 million. So the Regional Council Engineers want to close the station, citing – in their report to be put to the Council tomorrow – that only 14 commuters use the service in the AM peak.
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Kaiwharawhara, Westminster Street, Wadestown, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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Too many buses, too many queues
- Wellington Scoop
- Bus Rapid Transit was to run between three interchanges, at the Railway Station, Wellington Regional Hospital and Kilbirnie. Now it looks too light for the job, which probably means light rail.
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Fixing a problem: why Wellington needs light rail, and why it’s not too expensive
- Wellington Scoop
- Wellington’s transport model has failed to deliver, and all the recent studies show more of the same is going to make things worse. We need a different approach if we want a vibrant, economically successful city.
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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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Why trams are inevitable for Wellington
- Wellington Scoop
- The use of modern trams (light rail) along the core Wellington CBD spine is inevitable, because bus systems cannot (or will soon be unable to) deliver the required passenger capacity in the space available, along the Golden Mile in particular.
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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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No credibility: the investigation of an underground railway for Wellington
- Wellington Scoop
- We’re getting contradictory messages about tunnels in Wellington. The Transport Agency says they’re too expensive for any of our roads. But consultants hired by the Regional Council are solemnly investigating the possibility of building tunnels under the city for an underground railway. The plan cannot be given any credibility.
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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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Standing room only
- Wellington Scoop
- After spending $500m on rail upgrades, they’re now short of trains. Sunday’s extraordinary announcement from the Regional Council makes the admission that there aren’t enough trains to carry peak-hour Wellington commuters on the upgraded lines.
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Matangi Train on new inaugural fare paying run – Footage
- HuttNZ
- Well, it arrives. The new Matangi train is not an urban myth, as footage below shows it on its first run ex Wellington 9.00am. Only two carriages, as was also expected. Didn’t get onboard, but had a sneak peak inside from the outside. Got to laugh wondered why the door didn’t open, you need to press the button, modern.
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DomPost On Wellington’s Trains
- Auckland Trains
- Now it’s Wellington’s Dominion Post’s turn this morning to editorialise about that city’s train service.
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Changing the city landscape: Celia Wade-Brown focuses on the mayoralty
- Wellington Scoop
- Meeting places speak volumes. A fair trade clothing sale at Zeal is where mayoral candidate Celia Wade-Brown is scheduled to be on a Monday afternoon, and so that is where we meet her, to hear her plans for a greener and more sustainable Wellington.
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Why Wellington needs light rail, and why we can afford it
- Wellington Scoop
- One of the biggest daily problems facing Wellingtonians is transport – the simple act of getting from A to B, especially at peak times. In some areas even quiet weekends can be difficult. Yet the current mayor and councillors seem to have little idea of the extent of the problem, let alone how to fix it.
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Situation vacant at Tranz Metro: they want someone to improve their services
- Wellington Scoop
- The subject for today (when there’ve been more breakdowns) is how Tranz Metro is planning to improve the unhappy experiences of commuters who travel on its Wellington services
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September opening date announced for second Petone Park n' Ride
- Petone Herald
- Good progress on the Dowse to Petone Upgrade Project has meant the New Zealand Transport Agency has been able to open one of the two Park n' Ride (Mackenzie Avenue) Bridge lanes.
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Petone, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Nats chilly on Hutt train-building
- Petone Herald
- Will Nats slam door on train-building boost for Hutt? A $200,000 report on the feasibility of building locomotives in Woburn might get buried if National gains power in this year’s elections. Finance Minister Michael Cullen announced the report last week as part of an $80 million package upgrading the re-nationalised rail service.
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Woburn Station, Wellington
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