Wairarapa and Transport
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COVID-19: Wairarapa train services to resume
- Metlink
- Wairarapa Train services will return to their regular timetable from Monday, May 4 in line with the return to normal timetables for all Metlink rail services.
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Refurbishments for carriages on Wairarapa Train Line
- Metlink
- Train passengers on the Wairarapa Line will enjoy refurbishments to carriages with work already underway to improve comfort for customers.
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Greater Wellington shares final bus review plans
- Metlink
- Greater Wellington Regional Council detailed the final part of its bus network review for Kāpiti Coast, Wairarapa, Porirua and the Hutt Valley at today’s Transport Committee meeting.
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Daily commute on Wairarapa train line leads to new career
- Metlink
- Last year Dave Yeates was a regular commuter on the Wairarapa train line, traveling to Wellington for work – now he is among the latest graduates of Metlink’s driver training school.
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Greater Wellington seeks funding for new trains
- Metlink
- Greater Wellington Regional Council plans to improve the region’s rail network with new longer distance rolling stock upgrading the Wairarapa and Capital Connection fleets are underway.
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All aboard Wellington’s longest commuter train
- Metlink
- Metlink is pleased to announce the commencement of the Wairarapa nine-car service during afternoon peak services.
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Winners and losers from the Change in the GWRC Transport Rate
- Wellington Commuter
- The GWRC is changing how the Transport Rates that fund the regions PT service is allocated to ratepayers. They claim that this change means “Hutt Valley, South Wairarapa and Porirua pay a bit less toward public transport than they do now, while residents in Wellington city, Kāpiti and Masterton pay a bit more”.… Read more ...
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Porirua, Wellington Region, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Building a road and saving 30 seconds
- Wellington Scoop
- One of the most extraordinary things about plans to bulldoze a road through the pristine Takapu Valley is the claim about how much time will be saved. They’re counting the savings in seconds. The claim is found in an Appendix to the controversial report in which the chief executives of regional councils tell their mayors that they ought to support a road through the valley.
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Train to Toast Martinborough
- Tranz Metro
- On festival day, Sunday 17 November, Tranz Metro will be running our regular timetabled Sunday service on the Wairarapa Line with extra seating.
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Wairarapa service disruption – Tuesday 15 October
- Tranz Metro
- Due to adverse weather conditions, buses will replace trains on the Wairarapa Line tomorrow morning.
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Service disruption – 12 July
- Tranz Metro
- Due to essential track work, there are disruptions to off-peak Hutt Valley, Melling, and Wairarapa Services.
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Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Wairarapa Train Delays –Thursday 18 April
- Tranz Metro
- Due to a mechanical fault on a Wairarapa service on Thursday 18 April, customers experienced significant delays.
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Wairarapa carriages affected by wheel damage now back in service
- Tranz Metro
- Earlier this week two Wairarapa carriages were withdrawn from service due to wheel damage. The wheel damage has now been repaired and the carriages are back in service as of Friday, March 1, 2013.
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Some Wairarapa services affected by wheel damage
- Tranz Metro
- Due to wheel damage on one of our Wairarapa carriages there will be reduced seating and no wheel chair access on some of our Wairarapa services over the next three days.
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Could you cycle in Masterton in winter?
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- Could you cycle in this? Could you cycle in a town as fouled as Masteron in winter on a still night? The picture above is from the Wairarapa Mail’s July 2012 story on Masterton smog levels.
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It didn’t take long.
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- From the Wairarapa News the Rimutaka Incline Stupid Railroad plan is to be resubmitted.
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Extra capacity for Martinborough Fair, Saturday 3 March
- Tranz Metro
- The Wairarapa Services will run with extra capacity on Saturday 3 March 2012 due to the Martinborough Fair.
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Extra capacity on Wairarapa Services this Saturday
- Tranz Metro
- There will be extra capacity on the Wairarapa Services which will run to the regular Saturday timetable on Saturday 4 February 2012 due to the Martinborough Fair.
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Wairarapa Service Gives Hamilton Clues
- Auckland Trains
- As question marks arise over the proposed Waikato to Auckland train service, the Wairarapa to Wellington train service gives us an insight into how satellite town train travel could be extended elsewhere.
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Wellington to Wairarapa Trail
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- There was a comment on my last post from David Hancock, who works for Hutt City Council, and I think it is worth highlighting the link he gave.
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No Wairarapa surcharge from Upper Hutt during the morning peak
- Tranz Metro
- From Monday 04 April, passengers at Upper Hutt boarding a Wellington bound Wairarapa morning peak service will not be asked to pay the usual $1 supplement.
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Take the Train to Wings over Wairarapa
- Tranz Metro
- Trust House Wings Over Wairarapa 2011 Air Show will take place at Hood Aerodrome, Masterton on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 January 2011. It might be all about planes, but the easy way to get there and back is on the special Wings over Wairarapa train.
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Wairarapa line Christmas Eve services
- Tranz Metro
- Just a quick reminder that the last service from Wellington to the Wairarapa on Christmas Eve is the 6:18pm service from Wellington.
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Partial closure of Petone Station platforms - 30 August to mid October
- Tranz Metro
- We’re getting the Petone platform ready for the arrival of the new ‘Matangi’ trains in 2010. From 30 August to mid October, half of each platform will be closed. So if you’re travelling to or from Petone Station make sure you travel in the front 4 carriages of the train, or if you’re on the Wairarapa service use the front 3 carriages.
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