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Are long distance coaches the solution for regional travel in New Zealand?

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July 26, 2023
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Opinion: At the recent Future is Rail conference, in contrast to those enthusiastic about reviving passenger rail National party infrastructure spokesperson Ch

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Auckland’s New Public Transport Plan – Reality vs Aspiration

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July 24, 2023
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Tāmaki Makaurau/ Auckland, Aotearoa/ New Zealand’s largest city, with a population of 1,695,200 in 2022, a one-third of the entire population of Aotearoa, suffe

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Weathered Wonders Book Launch!

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July 21, 2023
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Book launch #22 Party time! Model Railway Weathered Wonders is available now!It’s the one dirty book you won’t get in trouble for leaving on the coffee table, and I haven’t let the fact that there’s now a few of these famous book launch platters in the…

2025: Celebrating 200 Years of the Stockton & Darlington Railway

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July 19, 2023
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Head of Locomotion Sarah Price looks ahead to 2025, which marks 200 years of railway passenger travel.

The post 2025: Celebrating 200 Years of the Stockton & Darlington Railway appeared first on National Railway Museum blog.

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O Gauge Layout progress…..

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July 15, 2023
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I have been a bit quiet on updating my blog recently, due to a variety of reasons. There is a lot of renovating on the […]

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Time for a National Public Transport Agency

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July 15, 2023
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Public transport in Aotearoa New Zealand is currently uncoordinated, not user friendly and lacks regional connectivity, is based on regionalised and commerciali

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Can the Inquiry into passenger rail bring back passenger rail?

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July 15, 2023
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The Inquiry into Passenger Rail long-awaited recommendations, released on 4 July 2023, ask for many reforms. But not enough. After decades of pleading with s

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Te Huia week from hell. Is its truncation justified?

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July 15, 2023
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Buckle up for a ride behind the scenes of Aotearoa’s rail regulatory and rail safety frameworks as I share my personal perspective on Te Huia’s recent ban from

Wagga Wagga Station Master Residence

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July 14, 2023
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Wagga
Wagga SM residence – Plans

Sometimes
one gets some information, that causes a change of focus. Such
is the case with the Wagga Wagga Station Master Residence.Photo taken from the footbridge. Wagga’s SM residence i…

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Keep Te Huia Going!

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July 12, 2023
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Press release – Once again KiwiRail fails? Or is it a knee jerk reaction from Waka Kotahi? This time the rail commuters from Hamilton are affected. The Te Hui