#TransportNews A kārakia was held at Ōrākei Station on Monday ahead of a test train running today.

This is to check the line before the start of special event services running on the Eastern Line on FIFA game days.

Rail Network rebuild teams will continue to work on non-game days with full-scale activity picking up again after the Women’s World Cup and continuing until January 2024.

#TransportNews Snapper is off the hook on the Wellington Cable Car.

This is due to the existing Snapper solution reaching its 'end of life'.

From 1 October 2023, Snapper cards will no longer be available as a payment option on the Wellington Cable Car.

There will be several other products which offer you even greater discounts on your regular commute.

More info: https://www.wellingtoncablecar.co.nz/snapper-update

#CRL #TransportNews The stairs on the Ngahura Street side of the Fenton Street bridge have been installed at Maungawhau station.

Lift installation will be finished at the end of December 2023 and will be open to the public with the opening of Maungawhau station.

Pics CRL.

#TransportNews ‘The Union representing rail workers says an order from rail regulator Waka Kotahi that effectively shuts down Te Huia from Papakura into Auckland is over the top and makes no sense.’

https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2307/S00251/rail-union-condemns-te-huia-auckland-ban.htm

Stuck in traffic this long weekend?

Give this a read https://open.substack.com/pub/nztransitbuzz/p/a-fix-to-our-holiday-traffic-woes?r=2gqx3z&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#TransportNews #Traffic #Holidays

#TransportNews Auckland bus drivers strike: Free fares for Matariki as protest continues.

Bus drivers who are members of FIRST Union and Tramways would not be operating their Hop machines or collecting fares between Fri July 14th 02:00 til the following Sat, July 21st 04:30.

#TransportNews Te Huia banned from Auckland Metro network following two incidents.

Read more: https://nztransitbuzz.substack.com/p/te-huia-service-altered-to-stop-at

#TransportNews Old article but still relevant https://nztransitbuzz.substack.com/p/they-say-aucklanders-dont-want-to

#TransportNews Wellington’s transformation to begin in September after funding confirmed for Let’s Get Wellington Moving projects.

#TransportNews New from me this morning

https://nztransitbuzz.substack.com/p/lets-remove-advertising-wraps-on

#TransportNews A drivers strike impacting upto 700 journeys has been announced just 12 hours before it is due to start.

AT emailed media at 4:51 announcing the strike. Full details below.

https://www.1news.co.nz/2023/07/09/auckland-bus-driver-strike-to-affect-thousands-of-commuters-tomorrow/

#TransportNews Trips from Swanson to Britomart will be 2 minutes faster from Monday thanks to both lines running through Maungawhau.

#TransportNews A closer look at the lifts which now have glass fronts and sides (previously chai metal) the glass balustrade has also been installed. I expect we will see this duplicated on the other side at some point.

#TransportNews The new Waitemata (Britomart) station signage/beacon is in.

#TransportNews In a warehouse in Mangere CRL has assembled a 10-metre long, mock-up section of the platforms that will soon be installed at Karanga-a-Hape Station.

Another day. Another issue. #TransportNews

#TransportNews via @DamienSpurdle on the bird app.

Te Mahia Stations Great South Road entrance is getting an upgrade.

#TransportNews At Waitematā (Britomart) Station, you can now use the lift on the right of the escalators that has been closed for the past few months.

First pic credit CRL.

#TransportNews Auckland Transport is considering a 12 month trial on rolling out AT Local in Pukekohe (by 2025) replacing 391,392 & 393 bus services with the aim to serve areas currently not served by buses.

In the meantime AT are also investigating changes to the 392 to serve Belmont pending suitable roading networks and budgets & resources.

Oh dear not a great start to the week for Auckland Transport/KiwiRail #TransportNews