Trains / October 2014
December 2014 | August 2014-
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Diesel locomotive welcome addition to railway
- Rimutaka Incline Railway
- On Tuesday 21st October we took delivery of ex-Ohai Railway Board locomotive No.1 at our Maymorn railway heritage site. The locomotive was built by Drewry/Vulcan in 1947 for the Ohai Railway Board and along with being used on coal trains was used on some of the first diesel locomotive hauled passenger trains in New Zealand.
- Accepted from Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust news
- Automatically tagged as:
- local-history
- rimutaka-railway
Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust, Maymorn, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Matangi fleet upgrade work
- Tranz Metro
- There will be reduced seating on the Monday to Friday 7.40am service from Taita to Wellington due to an upgrade of the existing Matangi fleet.
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- Tagged as:
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Mana Station platform upgrade
- Tranz Metro
- An upgrade to both platform surfaces at Mana Station will be taking place from Monday 20 October until Friday 31 October.
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- Automatically tagged as:
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Mana, Redoubt Lane, Mana, Porirua, Wellington, 5026, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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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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Wellington Railway Station strengthening to begin
- Tranz Metro
- Strengthening work on parts of the Wellington Railway Station is starting on Monday 28 July.
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Workshop build progress
- Rimutaka Incline Railway
- A huge effort put into the workshop over the weekend of 4-5 October, all four barge boards lifted up, flashings fitted and soffit installed at the Upper Hutt end. We're very close to completing the roof - which will be a most welcomed milestone in this project.
- Accepted from Rimutaka Incline Railway Heritage Trust news
- Automatically tagged as:
- local-history
- rimutaka-railway
Maymorn, Parkes Line Road, Te Marua, Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand/Aotearoa
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