Transport / July 2008
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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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snapped? (toru)
- The Wellingtonista
- Today, reader DaveK let us know that Snapper cards have finally gone on sale at a couple of retailers in town, at least. They're also available, along with the card readers that allow WinIE types to do refills at home, from the Snapper website.
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snapped? (rua)
- The Wellingtonista
- So we can confirm that yes, the new Snapper cards do work pretty well in the buses (based on the small sample of one attempt earlier today using our trial USB snapper pictured).
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Airport Flyer Increased Services - effective
- Go Wellington
- There are some Airport Flyer timetable changes effective from Monday 14 July 2008. The changes affect the Monday to Friday services.
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Wellington International Airport, Coutts Street, Rongotai, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Boondoggle Gully
- Eye of the Fish
- Following on from our recent post dissing the likelihood of the “Transmission Gully” project ever getting off the ground, Transit made a big splash with a 4 page advert in the local rag (sorry DomPost, but your quality has been on a solid downwards trajectory lately and you no longer deserve the epithet of national newspaper), setting out improvements:
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Transmission Gully Motorway, Kenepuru, Porirua, Porirua City, Wellington, 5022, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Real-time Bus Information
- The Wellingtonista
- I'm a big fan of real-time bus information - electronic signs that use GPS technology to tell you precisely when the next bus is coming, rather than having to rely on the theoretical arrival time of the printed timetable. These have been up and running in Auckland for a few years now, and when I was living there it made catching a bus just that much easier. So it's exciting to see that the Greater Wellington regional council are in the process of planning a real time bus info system.
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snapped?
- The Wellingtonista
- So maybe it's been easy to escape, but next week the new Snapper cards come into circulation.
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Dude, where’s my gas station?
- Eye of the Fish
- There’s something curious going on in Wellington at present, with a reduction in the number of gas stations going on.
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Serious public transport disruptions expected tomorrow - Media Release
- Go Wellington
- Major delays to bus travel and severe crowding of peak hour trains are expected tomorrow (Friday 4 July) morning, due to the truck drivers’ protest. Wellington motorway and CBD is expected to be gridlocked from 7am-10am.
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