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‘Junk this and put on two free buses’: Auckland mayor doesn’t hold back on Te Huia

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October 20, 2023
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Auckland is being asked to provide future backing for the evolution of Te Huia regional train service which operates from Hamilton to Auckland. The Waikato Regi

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Improving Wellington’s regional transport systems

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October 20, 2023
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If Chris Bishop, the newly elected Wellington Hutt South MP and likely Minister of Infrastructure, can build half the roads he promoted during the election camp

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Just buy everyone a car – case for on-demand buses

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October 19, 2023
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With a strong interest by some regional councils in Aotearoa New Zealand, who are keen on replacing low ridership bus services, see on-demand buses is the answe

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Where to for Christchurch’s public transport projects?

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October 19, 2023
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Fleeting mentions in both the last Government’s long-term transport plan and the government-in-waiting’s transport policy are not seen as game over for those ba

Thomas update.

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October 19, 2023
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Here are a couple of pictures taken of the Thomas rebuild. They were taken a week apart.

they are © Nathan Wilson.

We hope Thomas will be back to carry passengers in the not too distant future.

The mysterious ‘Fiji mermaid’ examined by NKU students

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October 18, 2023
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The Fiji Mermaid, a mysterious creature housed in an Ohio museum for over a century, recently underwent examination by radiology students from Northern Kentucky University. The creature, a 3 feet long mummified, black-looking diminutive specimen w…

Slow, but steady progress

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October 16, 2023
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Wagga SM Residence, and Train room update.Some things cannot be rushed. Model railways tends to take a back seat for other domestic reasons, and in a month passes without an update.Parked in Junee at the beginning of October, just waiting f…

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$1.3 billion National Ticketing Solution – what will we get for the money?

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October 15, 2023
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The way we pay for public transport should change for the better following Waka Kotahi’s $1.3 billion investment in a National Ticketing Solution. The National

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Asbestos Stripping Starts

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October 13, 2023
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Hopefully everybody enjoyed the last gala event of the year last weekend, Showcase, which included the Vintage, Quad Art and Demonstration Freight sets along with a few dining cars that are only available to sample by ordinary ticket holders a few time…

2023 BRMA Convention Brisbane

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October 13, 2023
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The weekend of September 22nd to 24th 2023, saw me attend the British Railway Modellers of Australia convention, held this year in my home city of Brisbane, Australia. The coming together of modellers from across the country was held in the top floor c…