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Buses, trains, ferries.The anger is palpable. Commuters have had a gutsful of the mayhem playing out in the capital. Like the city’s underground pipes, decades

Press release – KiwiRail is once again embarrassed by the failure of key equipment and infrastructure as Aucklanders struggle to get to where they work learn a

On April 28, KiwiRail issued a media statement containing the revelatory detail that “there is only one Track Evaluation Car in New Zealand”, and it was broken.

If you are travelling by train, do you want to know the railway is safe? Obviously, you do. Luckily, track evaluation cars can provide precise technical informa

Press release – TRAC (The Rail Advocacy Collective) applauds the decision by the government to buy new trains for the Manawatu and Wairarapa services. The new

The National Party has supported Labour’s planned purchase of 18 four-carriage trains, meaning the project will almost certainly proceed regardless of who wins

Ngāruawāhia also presents a good opportunity for a revived station location as one platform still exists at the former station site. The town is the kick-off po

A rail advocacy group says new trains in the lower North Island are a good start, but there is room to do more. Eighteen new hybrid trains will be deployed to K

The Government will spend hundreds of millions on new hybrid trains for the Wellington region. The 18 new four-car trains for the Wellington to Masterton and We