Geraden Cann17:10, Jul 02 2021
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A total of 19 trains were damaged on Wednesday after old rails were left too close to the Western line track
Train services around Auckland will be back to full service and full capacity from Friday afternoon, two days after a track fault brought services across the city to a halt. Some trains had been reduced to half the normal number of carraiges after 19 trains were damaged by old rails left too close to the Western line’s tracks on Wednesday evening. A spokesman for Auckland Transport (AT) said 14 of the 19 damaged trains had been repaired, with parts for the remaining five still being sought.
Press Release – KiwiRail The main trunk line for New Zealand’s trains had to be closed for 24 hours after a truck hit a rail bridge near Taihape on Friday afternoon, forcing the cancellation of 11 trains and disrupting the national rail freight network. The incident is the …The main trunk line for New Zealand’s trains had to be closed for 24 hours after a truck hit a rail bridge near Taihape on Friday afternoon, forcing the cancellation of 11 trains and disrupting the national rail freight network.
The incident is the latest in a string where vehicle drivers have misjudged the height of bridges and struck them, causing damage and train cancellations.
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Press Release – KiwiRail
Infrastructure work across the Auckland metro rail network is set to ramp up over the Christmas period during a network wide shut down.
As Aucklanders head out of the city on holiday, work on several projects is scheduled across the network to take advantage of the quieter period.
KiwiRail Chief Operating Officer Todd Moyle says work will focus on track repairs.
“We’ll have more than 100 people working over the Christmas and New Year period across the network. Additionally, preliminary work on Papakura to Pukekohe electrification, the Westfield and Wiri junction and the construction of a third main will be getting underway.”
Monday, 14 December 2020, 6:23 pm
Infrastructure work across the Auckland metro rail
network is set to ramp up over the Christmas period during a
network wide shut down.
As Aucklanders head out of the
city on holiday, work on several projects is scheduled
across the network to take advantage of the quieter
period.
KiwiRail Chief Operating Officer Todd Moyle
says work will focus on track repairs. We ll have
more than 100 people working over the Christmas and New Year
period across the network. Additionally, preliminary work on
Papakura to Pukekohe electrification, the Westfield and Wiri
junction and the construction of a third main will be