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Photo of the day – EMU Launch
Some great photos from reader Jonty some of our shiny new electric trains plying the line between Britomart and Newmarket. The post Photo of the day – EMU Launch appeared first on Greater Auckland.
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The EMU Launch
Electric train services are finally a part of the city with the first ones running earlier this morning and yesterday I went along to the official launch of the trains. The first thing I noticed was...
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There’s been comment on it already in my post from this morning on the EMU launch but I just wanted to address the issue of the delays to the Electric train this morning. The herald were quick to jump...
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Electric Trains from Manukau from tomorrow
Electric trains start rolling out on the Manukau line from tomorrow however unlike the Onehugna Line not all services will switch over at once with them only starting on off peak services before being...
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EMU Faults and CRL Properties
There have been a couple of articles in the Herald in the last few days that are worth talking about. Photo by Alex Burgess http://nzrailphotos.co.nz/ On Friday there was the issue of faults with the...
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Behind the scenes on the electric trains
Looking at the AT website the other day I noticed that some previously confidential board papers had now been published. One of those was an update on our new trains, diving in to some of the technical...
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Increasing capacity on our trains
Ridership on Auckland’s trains has experienced fantastic growth over the last few years, increasingly a staggering 70% in just three years to 17.3 million trips as of the end of September. The positive...
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Guest Post: EMUs Not Much Faster Than Steam
This is a guest post by Robert Finley, a qualified Civil Engineer with a lifelong interest in trains and their operation in both New Zealand and overseas. He has photographed steam trains on most of...
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ATAP ASAP’s – Extra Trains
In Part 1 of my series I wrote about the Third Main between Westfield & Wiri as being an ATAP (Auckland Transport Alignment Project) ASAP, a first decade project that in my opinion needed funding...
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Battery trains to be approved for Pukekohe
On Wednesday, the council’s Finance Committee is being asked to give urgent funding approval to purchase 17 new battery powered trains, or Independently Powered Electric Multiple Units (IPEMUs) as...
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