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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 >>
Disturbing increase in crossing collisions
Monday, 27 July 2009, 9:52 am | KiwiRail
An increase in the number of level crossing collisions in the first half of 2009 is a disturbing reversal of the trend in recent years towards fewer collisions, the Chief Executive of KiwiRail, Jim Quinn said today. More >>
Construction begins on Inland Port rail exchange
Tuesday, 9 June 2009, 11:30 am | KiwiRail
Work officially started today on construction of a rail exchange at Ports of Auckland’s Wiri Inland Port in South Auckland. More >>
The Overlander Builds Up a Head of Steam
Sunday, 7 June 2009, 12:59 pm | KiwiRail
There has been a change to the increasingly popular steam powered special Overlander train services for this winter. A steam locomotive hauls the Overlander for part of the journey on every second Sunday. More >>
Timber company shifts from road to rail
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 12:07 pm | KiwiRail
The decision by a major central North Island timber mill to switch from road to rail to move its export products to Wellington’s CentrePort, is a result of KiwiRail Group’s push to link major industrial and commercial sites to main lines. “Re-establishing ... More >>
KiwiRail Group appoints new Group Chief Executive
Wednesday, 14 January 2009, 11:24 am | KiwiRail
Diversified rail and tourism operator KiwiRail Group has appointed Auckland businessman Jim Quinn as its new Group Chief Executive, the company Chairman Jim Bolger confirmed today. More >>
New Zealand's Record Stepper in KiwiRail Challenge
Monday, 24 November 2008, 11:49 am | KiwiRail
A Ngaio, Wellington, locomotive operator Dennis Williams has broken all New Zealand records for the number of steps while taking part in the national 10,000 Steps health programme. More >>
