Clik here to view.
Rail Punctuality improving
The herald today picked up on an important trend that’s been happening without trains in recent months, much improved on time performance. Becoming ruthless with their whistles and no longer waiting...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Can Cameras reduce fare evasion?
Transdev have announced they are going to trial body mounted cameras in a bid to further lower fare evasion. Fare evasion is an ongoing issue for public transport throughout the world – and Auckland is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Default to Chaos
One of the factors behind the stunning 18% increase in rail patronage over the last year is bound to be the improved reliability that we’ve been seeing. With greater reliability people can trust...
View ArticleWill we see new train operators in Auckland and Wellington?
As many readers will know from the monthly board meeting updates we see, Auckland Transport are in the process of putting out a new tender to run all rail services in Auckland from Mid 2016 onwards....
View ArticleWhy are trains failing so much?
With March Madness in full swing it seems that Auckland Transport and Transdev have taken a new approach to dealing with the high demand, driving customers away through rubbish performance. Train users...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Auckland Train Ops Shortlist
Auckland Transport have announced the short list of companies to run Auckland’s trains from July next year onwards and none particularly fill me with confidence. Auckland Transport has short-listed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why is Auckland’s rail system so expensive to operate?
On Monday the NZ Herald ran an article about the cost comparisons between operating Auckland and Wellington’s rail services. Based on the numbers in the article, it doesn’t tell a particularly pretty...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What’s being done to fix rail reliability and speed
Last week I wrote about the issue of dwell times on the new electric trains and how they combined with other factors mean the EMUs that are meant to be much faster are have instead actually ended up...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ATs rail tender postponed
Auckland Transport have announced that they’ve postponed their tender for running train services in Auckland. Back in April they said they shortlisted Kiwirail, Serco and Transdev to run services from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Wellington Update: Transdev and Diesel Buses and cycleways
They’ve been a few interesting pieces of news from Wellington over the last last week. Transdev to run Wellington’s trains Transdev – who run the trains in Auckland – has been picked as the preferred...
View Article
