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New Zealand Rail Maps: NZRM Progress Report 2024-01-29: Volume 10, Volume 1, Volume 4
Apologies for such a long time without an update but it is that time of year. At any rate after taking a break for a few weeks a lot of work has been happening on various aspects of the project. Webmaps are not getting a mention just now because there is still a lot of…
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Transport Safety Blog NZ: What Happened To Christchurch’s Commuter Trains (Part 2)
In Part 1 of this article we took a look at how the local government system in Canterbury and elsewhere has evolved to the present day, and how the management of public transport in the Greater Christchurch area, which was under regional control from the 1890s until 1989, appears to have been briefly held by…
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Transport Safety Blog NZ: The rise and fall of NZ First rail advocacy
In the 2014 New Zealand elections, the New Zealand First party sought to steal the limelight on promotion of the railway network. The party announced a “Railways of National Importance” campaign, an obvious counter to the National Party’s Roads of National Significance proposals. Whilst many of the corridors mentioned were existing ones, the policies also…
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New Zealand Rail Maps: NZRM Progress Report 2023-12-21: Volume 10, Volume 12, Webmaps
So work is still happening to prepare for a webmaps update, as previously flagged. This is running a bit behind because we are all so busy at this time of year, of course. As such, it may be into next year before the site is actually updated, but it will still be flagged as a…
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Transport Safety Blog NZ: Taieri Gorge Railway vs Otago Central Rail Trail Saga [3]
So then, we come to the question of the future of the Taieri Gorge Railway in its current form, the subject of this third article in TSBNZ’s current series of articles about the controversy that is currently being highlighted over the future of the present railway corridor. There are three possible options for the future…