Press Release – Rail And Maritime Transport Union The union representing rail workers is calling for action to a make a notorious Wellington rail bottleneck safer. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) released a report today into an incident in November 2019 at the Wellington …
The union representing rail workers is calling for action to a make a notorious Wellington rail bottleneck safer.
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) released a report today into an incident in November 2019 at the ‘Wellington Throat’, the convergence point of tracks coming into and out of the Wellington Railway Station.
A train failed to stop at a red light and potentially could have collided with another train, known as a ‘signal passed at danger’ event.
Press Release – Rail And Maritime Transport Union The union representing rail workers says KiwiRail needs to be turned into a public benefit entity so it can operate for the greater good of New Zealand. The Government has recently asked the Treasury and the Ministry of Transport to consider KiwiRails …
The union representing rail workers says KiwiRail needs to be turned into a ‘public benefit entity’ so it can operate for the greater good of New Zealand.
The Government has recently asked the Treasury and the Ministry of Transport to consider KiwiRail’s “entity form” as the current State-owned Enterprise (SOE) model is not working.
Press Release – Rail And Maritime Transport Union The union representing rail workers says KiwiRail needs to be turned into a public benefit entity so it can operate for the greater good of New Zealand. The Government has recently asked the Treasury and the Ministry of Transport to consider KiwiRails …
The union representing rail workers says KiwiRail needs to be turned into a ‘public benefit entity’ so it can operate for the greater good of New Zealand.
The Government has recently asked the Treasury and the Ministry of Transport to consider KiwiRail’s “entity form” as the current State-owned Enterprise (SOE) model is not working.
Friday, 18 December 2020, 9:58 am
The union representing rail workers says KiwiRail
needs to be turned into a ‘public benefit entity’ so it
can operate for the greater good of New Zealand.
The
Government has recently asked the Treasury and the Ministry
of Transport to consider KiwiRail’s “entity form” as
the current State-owned Enterprise (SOE) model is not
working.
Rail and Maritime Transport Union General
Secretary Wayne Butson says SOE legislation requires
Kiwirail to have an overriding commercial focus, and this
short-term approach undermines any long term strategy for
rail as essential infrastructure.
The SOE model works
against the retention of services on lines which may be