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KiwiRail - Latest News [Page 22]

Rising Freight Volumes Encouraging Start to Rail Turn-Around

Tuesday, 1 March 2011, 2:47 pm | KiwiRail

Rising freight revenue in the first six months of the 2010-11 financial year has enabled KiwiRail to make an encouraging start in its quest to create a business capable of paying its way, said Chairman John Spencer. More >>

Tranz Scenic Assesses Resumption of South Island Trains

Monday, 28 February 2011, 10:30 am | KiwiRail

KiwiRail is assessing resumption of scenic passenger trains operating from Christchurch before announcing a date for the restart of services. The TranzAlpine and TranzCoastal were suspended immediately following the earthquake in Christchurch on 22 February. More >>

Christchurch Earthquake: Rail Network Update

Wednesday, 23 February 2011, 5:26 pm | KiwiRail

The rail network in Canterbury has been largely cleared for the resumption of rail operations. Repairs on the Main North Line between Rangiora and Christchurch are expected to be completed this evening and trains will begin moving south from Picton ... More >>

KiwiRail Christchurch earthquake update

Tuesday, 22 February 2011, 3:47 pm | KiwiRail

KiwiRail has stopped all trains at 12.58 (time of earthquake) between Timaru and Picton, and on the West Coast. There are no injuries to staff or passengers. TranzAlpine has been stopped at Greymouth and the return service has been cancelled. There are ... More >>

Rail upgrade package passes the half-way mark

Monday, 3 January 2011, 6:41 pm | KiwiRail

Wellington ’s Christmas rail upgrade package passes the half-way mark KiwiRail’s engineering work in Wellington over the summer has passed its halfway mark, with passenger train services returning to Wellington on Monday (3 January 2011) after ... More >>

Don’t let lack of care around Level Crossings kill this Xmas

Thursday, 23 December 2010, 3:25 pm | KiwiRail

KiwiRail and the Chris Cairns Foundation are warning people to take care around railway lines this Christmas in light of recent statistics showing that people are continuing to take unnecessary risks around level crossings. More >>

Chinese company Preferred Tenderer for Supply of 300 Wagons

Tuesday, 14 December 2010, 2:08 pm | KiwiRail

China CNR Corporation (CNR) is KiwiRail’s preferred supplier of 300 CFT (container flat deck wagons) needed urgently to bolster its ageing wagon fleet, KiwiRail Chief Executive Jim Quinn confirmed today. More >>

New locomotives signal beginning of investment

Friday, 10 December 2010, 1:30 pm | KiwiRail

The addition of new locomotives to the KiwiRail fleet this month is the most significant step yet in a major investment programme to rebuild the rail business, says KiwiRail chairman John Spencer. More >>

St George St, Papatoetoe to reopen Sunday

Friday, 3 December 2010, 4:10 pm | KiwiRail

Contractors working to replace the St George St rail overbridge in Papatoetoe are making good progress, and will fully reopen the bridge five days earlier than planned. One lane of traffic at a time has been closed across the St George St bridge since ... More >>

KiwiRail confirms it will tender for wagon fleet

Wednesday, 10 November 2010, 9:58 am | KiwiRail

KiwiRail will submit its own bid to build new freight wagons to replace its ageing wagon fleet, KiwiRail Chief Executive Jim Quinn confirmed today. More >>

Freight Continues To Move While Main Line Closed

Sunday, 12 September 2010, 6:37 pm | KiwiRail

KiwiRail is continuing to move freight by road between Blenheim and Christchurch while the Main North Line remains closed by a large slip south of Kaikoura. More >>

Tranzcoastal Passenger Train Services Suspended

Sunday, 12 September 2010, 10:26 am | KiwiRail

KiwiRail has announced that, due to a major slip south of Kaikoura in South Island, the TranzCoastal passenger train service is temporarily suspended and a bus replacement cannot be provided. More >>

Midland Line rail services resume this afternoon

Monday, 6 September 2010, 5:25 pm | KiwiRail

The Midland railway line that connects Christchurch and the Port of Lyttelton to the West Coast reopened to rail freight traffic this afternoon following completion of track repairs, inspection of bridges and the successful running of a test train. More >>

Support of Major Customers Encouraging

Wednesday, 1 September 2010, 5:35 pm | KiwiRail

The customer response to KiwiRail service level improvements and an export-led recovery in the later months of the financial year combined to provide the Board with reason to be optimistic about the future, Chairman John Spencer said today. More >>

KiwiRail Selects IBM to Deliver Smarter Rail

Monday, 30 August 2010, 10:23 am | KiwiRail

Landmark infrastructure project will use IBM asset management and advanced analytics services to improve the speed, safety, and reliability of rail service across 4,000 km of lines More >>

Train Tracks Move Off The Road In New Lynn

Monday, 1 March 2010, 4:50 pm | KiwiRail

Two of New Lynn’s notorious level crossings have been eliminated today, with trains using KiwiRail’s $160 million rail trench from this morning. The duplication and lowering of New Lynn’s railway into an 8m-deep, 860m-long trench is seen as the ... More >>

KiwiRail to open up Midland Line tunnel

Friday, 6 November 2009, 3:02 pm | KiwiRail

KiwiRail plans to remove a tunnel on the Midland Line near Stillwater next year to improve the line’s reliability and capacity. The 90 metre tunnel will be ‘daylighted’, essentially removing the tunnel roof and hillside above. KiwiRail Chief Executive ... More >>