ail is busy will they have spare container wagons.
The problem is Marsden Point has no rail link so all the containers have to be loaded on trucks. The choice then is to direct the trucks to the rail line to transfer to trains at some appropriate station, which seeing it’s 2021 after decades of neglect, almost certainly doesn’t exist. Or truck direct to Auckland.
Yes they would have to trucked to Whangerai Station where they handle containers. Still could be done one truck could do 4 or 5 in the 14 hours a driver is permitted to be working. I doubt one driver would get 2 trips by road right through to Auckland.
This goes to show the spur to Northport is needed at once not in 10yrs or so.
But they could also load them at Oakleigh and Whangarei at the same time if they have container wagons availiable. I did hear KR have a large number of old wagons laid/stacked up in storage at Ardmore in a paddock.
With Oakleigh use the trucks with the Hiabs to load them straight on the wagons.
A temporary container loading facility at Oakleigh looks like a better option.
Or they could set up a mobile crane there next to the tracks and have the train moving forward for each container. And if my memory serves me correct there use to be a siding there so the ground should be reasonably be compacted even for a toplifter.
The Waikato Regional Council has launched the Pokeno to Pukekohe 44 bus service this week and it seems surprisingly good. Fares are only $1 using a Beecard or $2 cash, it runs 7 days a week and runs from 0615 to 1915 Mon-Fri. I think the Waikato Regional council has been doing a lot of good work on the PT front recently which is in contrast to most provincial local government.
Any way to get AT to indicate the existence of these services on the network map?
It’s not part of the supercity area but in the same way Aucklanders might travel to Warkworth via bus for a day trip, would be helpful for customer experience if people at least knew the services existed.
Though obviously need to be styled differently so people don’t try going all the way to Pokeno with HOP cards.
AT weren’t interested and didn’t see it their role to provide BEE cards at their service centres so I doubt they would show any interest. More’s the pity, because this coordination is exactly what we need.
What HCC,WDC and WRC should do is find out if there is Vending machine at Papakura and sell them through that like AT does with there over priced face masks, or if thet can’t do that, then park a Van in the carpark and sell them from there, just to give AT a hint.
Very disappointing to hear, especially when AT is already providing their own services to Tūākau (that run at absolutely pathetic peak-only frequencies). This new BUSIT service is helping fill in the gaps with all-day frequency for anyone who only needs to use that leg of the route, so not having it on the network map for people to wayfind with is just a bit stupid.
Can a Bee card be purchased in Pukekohe or Pokeno.
Looked at the Busit site the bee cards can be brought and topped up at the Gas petrol stations in Pokeno and Tuakau nothing in Pukekohe.
It’s significantly better than what was there before which was virtually no PT at all.
I expect most passengers will only be going to Pukekohe or maybe Papakura. And yes better than zilch.
Indeed. If anything, its the start of Waikato commuter rail that just happens to link (interchange) with the Auckland network at Papakura.
A station at Pokeno should be a priority, delay some road widening to find the money for it.
Work began today to increase the handrail height on the Waima St – Haslett St footbridge over SH16. While not the worst height for cyclists, some increased height will make it more comfortable to use.
No Passenger Trains to Rotorua looks like a massive hole in the train network for Tourists. To think there was a couple of trains a day in the nineties and now it’s a golf cart line.
Even if it was still open, passengers would be dumped in an industrial area on the edge of town. This was a major factor in the demise of the nineties passenger trains.
That can be managed. Kotou isn’t great but it’s still only 2km from downtown and in the middle of the suburbs overall. Compare that to the airport which is four times as far and on the wrong side of the lake from where everyone is.
And it wouldn’t take much to extend the tracks back to Pukuatua st, or even around the corner and along the bottom of Kuira Park to the middle of town.
Not much money at least, not compared to the state highway works that have been done i. The area recently.
There was no local bus service in Roturua in the nineties there is now. Another things mobile phone ownership was not universal like it is today. Things have changed in how we would use long distance travel now compared to 1990,s. The vagaries of long distance bus or coach were seriously detrimental to uptake in those days. Uber e scooters are other options. The site of Roturua railway station on the outskirts of town is not as problemistic now as it was in those days. Look at Masterton it’s on the outskirts. I was surprised to see a bus waiting to meet the train at Woodside Station on a recent return trip on the Masterton train.
Luke, it is a huge gap, but you would have to hope that it is being contemplated because NZ appears to drastically reduce carbon emissions, or perhaps be starring down the barrel of a huge carbon credits bill, amongst other things.
Using the “planetary boundaries” framework – which was devised by scientists in 2009, and estimates limits for preserving the Earth’s life-sustaining capacity – it concluded New Zealand was contributing more than its fair share on four of five environmental issues examined.
Notably, it breached the boundaries for climate change “to a large degree”.
Great the North Auckland rail line upgrade progressing so much. Anyone seen it in use yet?
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What shocks provide the smoothest ride?
Do shocks create a ride smoother?
What makes Bilstein shocks therefore good?
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Some units have performance issues.
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