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Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 12:23 pm
The launch date for Te Huia – the new passenger rail
service between Waikato and Auckland – has been confirmed
as Tuesday, 6 April 2021.
From day one there will be
two return services on weekdays to get commuters to Papakura
in time for the start of the workday.
Waikato regional
councillor Hugh Vercoe, chair of the Regional Transport
Committee and the rail governance working group, said: “We
are as excited as our communities to be able to confirm a
start date, giving people the certainty they need to start
planning their travel from April.
“This service will
transform public transport and the way people in the Waikato
Press Release – Waikato Regional Council
The launch date for Te Huia – the new passenger rail service between Waikato and Auckland – has been confirmed as Tuesday, 6 April 2021.
From day one there will be two return services on weekdays to get commuters to Papakura in time for the start of the workday.
Waikato regional councillor Hugh Vercoe, chair of the Regional Transport Committee and the rail governance working group, said: “We are as excited as our communities to be able to confirm a start date, giving people the certainty they need to start planning their travel from April.
“This service will transform public transport and the way people in the Waikato travel between here and Auckland. There’s real opportunity for us to expand the service into the future, opening it up to even more Waikato communities,” Cr Vercoe said.
Containers from Whangārei being taken to Auckland on rail
19 Jan, 2021 01:00 AM
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Containers loaded onto a train in KiwiRail s Whangārei yard ready to go to Auckland. They were brought from Northport rather than being trucked all the way to Auckland. Photo /Michael Cunningham
Containers loaded onto a train in KiwiRail s Whangārei yard ready to go to Auckland. They were brought from Northport rather than being trucked all the way to Auckland. Photo /Michael Cunningham
Mike Dinsdale is Northern Advocate deputy editormike.dinsdale@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat
History has been made with the first containers being transported by rail from Whangārei to Auckland since the revamped rail line reopened earlier this month.