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#BusNews: On Saturday November 29, routes WX1, 11T/W, 18, 105, 195 and 295 began operating along Albert Street Mayoral Drive and Vincent Street following the completion of CRL works along Albert Street.
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
#BusNews: On Saturday November 29, routes WX1, 11T/W, 18, 105, 195 and 295 began operating along Albert Street Mayoral Drive and Vincent Street following the completion of CRL works along Albert Street.
#BusNews: ECan’s head of public transport says the organisation is likely looking for a fully electric provider when a new contract period begins in 2029.
Via The Press: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Via The Press: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Zero emission bus plan for Christchurch pushing ahead
ECan will go ahead with decarbonising Christchurch’s bus fleet, despite no new funding for new electric buses for the foreseeable future.
www.thepress.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
#BusNews: ECan’s head of public transport says the organisation is likely looking for a fully electric provider when a new contract period begins in 2029.
Via The Press: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Via The Press: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
#RailNews: After decades of abandoned business cases and much yearning, long-distance passenger rail is returning to the South Island in January – but it comes with a hefty price tag.
Via The Press: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Via The Press: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
The Mainlander: South Island passenger train returns in January
After decades of abandoned business cases, but much yearning, long-distance passenger rail is returning to the South Island, aimed largely at people visiting Dunedin.
www.thepress.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
#RailNews: After decades of abandoned business cases and much yearning, long-distance passenger rail is returning to the South Island in January – but it comes with a hefty price tag.
Via The Press: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Via The Press: www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
November 28, 2025 at 2:27 AM
#BusNews: Small pets will be allowed on public transport at off-peak times in Christchurch, Waimakariri, and Selwyn from December 1.
Pets must be in a carrier that fits a lap or under the seat. Small dogs can be on a lead with a muzzle.
MORE: metro.co.nz/pets
Pets must be in a carrier that fits a lap or under the seat. Small dogs can be on a lead with a muzzle.
MORE: metro.co.nz/pets
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
#BusNews: Small pets will be allowed on public transport at off-peak times in Christchurch, Waimakariri, and Selwyn from December 1.
Pets must be in a carrier that fits a lap or under the seat. Small dogs can be on a lead with a muzzle.
MORE: metro.co.nz/pets
Pets must be in a carrier that fits a lap or under the seat. Small dogs can be on a lead with a muzzle.
MORE: metro.co.nz/pets
#TicketingNews: Auckland Transport is doubling the public transport discount for tertiary students from 20 per cent to 40 per cent from 14 December 2025.
This change brings AT’s tertiary discount in line with the discount offered to children aged 5-12 and secondary students.
This change brings AT’s tertiary discount in line with the discount offered to children aged 5-12 and secondary students.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#TicketingNews: Auckland Transport is doubling the public transport discount for tertiary students from 20 per cent to 40 per cent from 14 December 2025.
This change brings AT’s tertiary discount in line with the discount offered to children aged 5-12 and secondary students.
This change brings AT’s tertiary discount in line with the discount offered to children aged 5-12 and secondary students.
#RailNews: Repairs will finally begin on the Tiwald Viaduct in Canterbury next week, almost four months after it was closed due to damage.
Via RNZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/580...
Via RNZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/580...
NZ's most hit rail bridge to be fixed by Christmas
The Tiwald Viaduct in Canterbury gets hit at least 13 times a year, according to KiwiRail.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
#RailNews: Repairs will finally begin on the Tiwald Viaduct in Canterbury next week, almost four months after it was closed due to damage.
Via RNZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/580...
Via RNZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/580...
#BusNews: Benches are being stolen from bus shelters across Auckland but the city's transport agency has yet to file an official report to police despite knowing about the issue for three weeks.
Via RNZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Via RNZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Seats vanish from bus stops across Auckland, AT yet to file police report
Auckland Transport says the benches are possibly being sold off as scrap.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
#BusNews: Benches are being stolen from bus shelters across Auckland but the city's transport agency has yet to file an official report to police despite knowing about the issue for three weeks.
Via RNZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Via RNZ: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
#TransportNews: Inside this edition: AT undertakes more City Rail Link high-frequency testing, Whanganui Tramways welcomes new drivers and changes announced for Nelson eBus routes.
Read now though the link in our bio.
Read now though the link in our bio.
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#TransportNews: Inside this edition: AT undertakes more City Rail Link high-frequency testing, Whanganui Tramways welcomes new drivers and changes announced for Nelson eBus routes.
Read now though the link in our bio.
Read now though the link in our bio.
#CRLNews: Auckland Transport shared a by-the-numbers breakdown of last weekend's high-frequency CRL testing.
* 2722km travelled by test trains
* 588 hours spent testing
* 36 drivers involved
* 264 coffees delivered to train crew, controllers, timekeepers, and support staff
* 2722km travelled by test trains
* 588 hours spent testing
* 36 drivers involved
* 264 coffees delivered to train crew, controllers, timekeepers, and support staff
November 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
#CRLNews: Auckland Transport shared a by-the-numbers breakdown of last weekend's high-frequency CRL testing.
* 2722km travelled by test trains
* 588 hours spent testing
* 36 drivers involved
* 264 coffees delivered to train crew, controllers, timekeepers, and support staff
* 2722km travelled by test trains
* 588 hours spent testing
* 36 drivers involved
* 264 coffees delivered to train crew, controllers, timekeepers, and support staff
#News: Kinetic Group, through their Go Bus operation are supporting the Taradale Community Pool Trust in Napier and Springlands Sea Scouts in Marlborough through their 2025 Moving Communities Fund for Water Safety Month.
MORE: www.wearekinetic.com/newsroom/we-...
MORE: www.wearekinetic.com/newsroom/we-...
We all play a part: Supporting water safety across Aotearoa | News |…
November is Water Safety Month in Aotearoa New Zealand, with this year’s theme reminding us that “We All Play a Part.” While Kinetic isn’t typically…
www.wearekinetic.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
#News: Kinetic Group, through their Go Bus operation are supporting the Taradale Community Pool Trust in Napier and Springlands Sea Scouts in Marlborough through their 2025 Moving Communities Fund for Water Safety Month.
MORE: www.wearekinetic.com/newsroom/we-...
MORE: www.wearekinetic.com/newsroom/we-...
#RailNews: Passengers aboard the Kingston Flyer were robbed at gunpoint when their train was stopped in Fairlight, in Southland.
The bandits were imitating the popular 1975 Cadbury television commercial, the Great Crunchie Train Robbery.
Via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/southland/hu...
The bandits were imitating the popular 1975 Cadbury television commercial, the Great Crunchie Train Robbery.
Via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/southland/hu...
Hunt tips hat to TV advert
Passengers aboard the Kingston Flyer were robbed at gunpoint by about 70 bandits hunting for gold when their train was stopped in Fairlight, in...
www.odt.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#RailNews: Passengers aboard the Kingston Flyer were robbed at gunpoint when their train was stopped in Fairlight, in Southland.
The bandits were imitating the popular 1975 Cadbury television commercial, the Great Crunchie Train Robbery.
Via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/southland/hu...
The bandits were imitating the popular 1975 Cadbury television commercial, the Great Crunchie Train Robbery.
Via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/southland/hu...
#StationNews: The new departure boards in the Henderson Station concourse are now live.
The left display shows train departures with the right showing bus departures.
PICS @maxie_poo3 on X
The left display shows train departures with the right showing bus departures.
PICS @maxie_poo3 on X
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#StationNews: The new departure boards in the Henderson Station concourse are now live.
The left display shows train departures with the right showing bus departures.
PICS @maxie_poo3 on X
The left display shows train departures with the right showing bus departures.
PICS @maxie_poo3 on X
#RailNews: The Canterbury Railway Society track team have been busy with Storage Sidings Road 2, replacing turnout frogs and installing new Signals track protection rodding.
PICS - Peter J & James G.
PICS - Peter J & James G.
November 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
#RailNews: The Canterbury Railway Society track team have been busy with Storage Sidings Road 2, replacing turnout frogs and installing new Signals track protection rodding.
PICS - Peter J & James G.
PICS - Peter J & James G.
#LocomotiveNews: KiwRail told Railvolution that the "new Stadler shunters are progressing through the detailed design verification and validation process."
Via Railvolution: www.railvolution.net/news/hybrid-...
Via Railvolution: www.railvolution.net/news/hybrid-...
Hybrid battery-diesel shunters for KiwiRail
As part of the February 2024 agreement, KiwiRail ordered 24 Bo‘Bo‘ hybrid battery-diesel narrow-gauge shunters.
www.railvolution.net
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
#LocomotiveNews: KiwRail told Railvolution that the "new Stadler shunters are progressing through the detailed design verification and validation process."
Via Railvolution: www.railvolution.net/news/hybrid-...
Via Railvolution: www.railvolution.net/news/hybrid-...
#LocomotiveNews: KiwiRail has assisted Mainline Steam in relocating Ja1275 from storage at Glenbrook Vintage Railway to Mainline Steam's Mercer yard.
Ja1275 is the first piece of Mainline Steam equipment to cross the newly installed connection to the national rail network.
Ja1275 is the first piece of Mainline Steam equipment to cross the newly installed connection to the national rail network.
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
#LocomotiveNews: KiwiRail has assisted Mainline Steam in relocating Ja1275 from storage at Glenbrook Vintage Railway to Mainline Steam's Mercer yard.
Ja1275 is the first piece of Mainline Steam equipment to cross the newly installed connection to the national rail network.
Ja1275 is the first piece of Mainline Steam equipment to cross the newly installed connection to the national rail network.
#BusNews: Auckland Transport has shared a photo of a bus on Albert Street with a group of CRL workers onboard, who were the first passengers on the trial drive Tuesday morning.
Buses return to Albert Street from November 29.
Buses return to Albert Street from November 29.
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#BusNews: Auckland Transport has shared a photo of a bus on Albert Street with a group of CRL workers onboard, who were the first passengers on the trial drive Tuesday morning.
Buses return to Albert Street from November 29.
Buses return to Albert Street from November 29.
#BusNews: There are timetable changes for routes 1 & 4 of Nelson's eBus service effective December 1.
R1 sees an additional inbound service: 6.22 am from Berryfield to Nelson.
R1 will also see arrival times change by 4–11 minutes, depending on your stop.
R1 sees an additional inbound service: 6.22 am from Berryfield to Nelson.
R1 will also see arrival times change by 4–11 minutes, depending on your stop.
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
#BusNews: There are timetable changes for routes 1 & 4 of Nelson's eBus service effective December 1.
R1 sees an additional inbound service: 6.22 am from Berryfield to Nelson.
R1 will also see arrival times change by 4–11 minutes, depending on your stop.
R1 sees an additional inbound service: 6.22 am from Berryfield to Nelson.
R1 will also see arrival times change by 4–11 minutes, depending on your stop.
#RailNews: KiwiRail has indicated in their freight rail update to clients that the 2025/26 Christmas block of line in Auckland 'signals the end of the planned major blocks in preparation for CRL'.
MORE: www.kiwirailfreight.co.nz/news-and-med...
MORE: www.kiwirailfreight.co.nz/news-and-med...
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 PM
#RailNews: KiwiRail has indicated in their freight rail update to clients that the 2025/26 Christmas block of line in Auckland 'signals the end of the planned major blocks in preparation for CRL'.
MORE: www.kiwirailfreight.co.nz/news-and-med...
MORE: www.kiwirailfreight.co.nz/news-and-med...
#CableCarNews: Ambitious plans to re-establish the Mornington cable car line have been greeted with interest by a national organisation.
Via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/the-star/add...
Via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/the-star/add...
Added support for reviving Mornington cable car
Heritage dreamers hope vintage carriages could one day serve both sightseers and commuters. Ambitious plans to re-establish the Mornington cable...
www.odt.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#CableCarNews: Ambitious plans to re-establish the Mornington cable car line have been greeted with interest by a national organisation.
Via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/the-star/add...
Via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/the-star/add...
#CRLNews: Auckland Transport has shared a timelapse video captured inside Waitematā Station showing the high-frequency timetable testing completed over the weekend.
AT also mentioned that in 2026, they will be testing the timetable network-wide.
AT also mentioned that in 2026, they will be testing the timetable network-wide.
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
#CRLNews: Auckland Transport has shared a timelapse video captured inside Waitematā Station showing the high-frequency timetable testing completed over the weekend.
AT also mentioned that in 2026, they will be testing the timetable network-wide.
AT also mentioned that in 2026, they will be testing the timetable network-wide.
#TramNews: Examiners from Wellington Tramways Museum recently travelled to Whanganui Tramways to assess the qualifications of the group's latest intake of tram drivers.
Whanganui Tramways welcomed a total of four new volunteers to the tramline operation
Whanganui Tramways welcomed a total of four new volunteers to the tramline operation
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
#TramNews: Examiners from Wellington Tramways Museum recently travelled to Whanganui Tramways to assess the qualifications of the group's latest intake of tram drivers.
Whanganui Tramways welcomed a total of four new volunteers to the tramline operation
Whanganui Tramways welcomed a total of four new volunteers to the tramline operation
#CableCarNews: A gondola system designed to overcome Queenstown’s road congestion could have two lines — connecting the town centre to both the airport and the Ladies Mile.
Paywalled via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/regions/quee...
Paywalled via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/regions/quee...
Gondola may have two lines
A gondola system designed to overcome Queenstown’s road congestion could have two lines — connecting the town centre to both the airport and the...
www.odt.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
#CableCarNews: A gondola system designed to overcome Queenstown’s road congestion could have two lines — connecting the town centre to both the airport and the Ladies Mile.
Paywalled via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/regions/quee...
Paywalled via Otago Daily Times: www.odt.co.nz/regions/quee...
#RailNews: Auckland Transport shared photos of the pedestrian bridge construction at Takaanini and Te Mahia stations.
At Takaanini, crews have installed temporary sheet piles and adjusted the Footpaths on Maru Road.
At Te Mahia, teams started piling in the central platform.
At Takaanini, crews have installed temporary sheet piles and adjusted the Footpaths on Maru Road.
At Te Mahia, teams started piling in the central platform.
November 23, 2025 at 11:55 PM
#RailNews: Auckland Transport shared photos of the pedestrian bridge construction at Takaanini and Te Mahia stations.
At Takaanini, crews have installed temporary sheet piles and adjusted the Footpaths on Maru Road.
At Te Mahia, teams started piling in the central platform.
At Takaanini, crews have installed temporary sheet piles and adjusted the Footpaths on Maru Road.
At Te Mahia, teams started piling in the central platform.
#StationNews: New turnouts have been installed at Henderson Station in the future track layout position for the stations new bay platform.
Platform edging and new overhead masts have been installed into position also.
Platform edging and new overhead masts have been installed into position also.
November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
#StationNews: New turnouts have been installed at Henderson Station in the future track layout position for the stations new bay platform.
Platform edging and new overhead masts have been installed into position also.
Platform edging and new overhead masts have been installed into position also.