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Chris Trotter: Running Us Off The Rails
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 8:06 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
New Zealand will pay a high price for pulling out of this deal – just as it did 64 years ago when the Second National Government tore up the contract its Labour predecessor had signed with British and American interests to establish a large cotton ... More >>
Rail Ferry Announcement Give Little Away
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 4:21 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
TRAC asserts that the new ferries must be rail enabled to maintain a smooth New Zealand Main Trunk Rail journey throughout the country to keep rail traffic flowing freely between the islands. More >>
TRAC Takes Issue With Road Transport Lobby Claims
Wednesday, 11 December 2024, 10:46 am | The Rail Advocacy Collective
TRAC certainly did not support the total cancellation of the iReX deal for two large high productivity, low emissions modern ships at a great price without a plan B, and know that KiwiRail were blindsided by world supply chain problems, new seismic ... More >>
Government Needs Rail To Improve Productivity
Saturday, 23 November 2024, 9:01 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
The cancelling of the high productivity, low emissions rail enabled Cook Strait ferries highlighted a foolish impulsive decision for which there was no plan B. More >>
KiwiRail Asset Stripping To Prevent Rail Development
Sunday, 22 September 2024, 5:15 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
TRAC says that it is time for NZ Govt to grow the rail system, invite private money into operating efficient above rail services, supplementing KiwiRail for the benefit of the NZ economy, but with the govt still responsible for the below wheel infrastructure ... More >>
Government Shows Little Understanding Of Climate Change
Monday, 16 September 2024, 12:49 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
TRAC National Coordinator Niall Robertson says that this line could be built a lot quicker and connect with the rebuilt NAL taking thousands of road damaging trucks off SH1, improving road safety, reducing carbon emissions and polluting particulate. More >>
New Rail Deviations Needed To Improve Productivity
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:38 am | The Rail Advocacy Collective
In light of the governments shopping list of roading projects, TRAC would like to draw attention to the governments total wilfully neglectful attitude to rail, climate change, pollution, road congestion and road safety. More >>
Is The Treasury Out Of Control? Will Their Advice Have Serious Ramifications For New Zealand Business?
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 6:29 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
The central plateau’s Ruapehu district is reeling as Winstone Pulp International considers closing its two processing plants in the central North Island. One is at Karioi and the other at Tangiwai. More >>
The Government Is Systematically Destroying Rail
Tuesday, 2 July 2024, 2:36 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
TRAC believes that the Government’s decisions regarding non-rail enabled ferries is a direct attack on the New Zealand railway system and is similar to the previous attack on the Gisborne and Taranaki regions. More >>
Very Flawed Decision Will Have Consequences
Monday, 24 June 2024, 2:55 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
Recently Prime Minister Luxon and Environment Minister returned from Asia where they were surprised that climate change was top of the business people and politicians they met, but I don’t think that they learned anything from it. More >>
TRAC: Aratere Grounding - Bad Decisions And Bad Advice Have Consequences
Sunday, 23 June 2024, 4:23 am | The Rail Advocacy Collective
Robertson says that TRAC fears that the failure to procure rail ferries and the government GPS statement appears to be anti-rail. Robertson adds that the last thing we need is more trucks on the roads, and he says,”....that’s costing the taxpayer $4billion More >>
Government’s Transport Position Statement Is An Existential Threat To The Rail System
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 10:17 am | The Rail Advocacy Collective
The government's agenda to swiftly dismantle the New Zealand rail system is evident in the current Transport Government Position Statement (GPS). Notably, there are stark reductions in funding for rail, with the minimum allocation plummeting a staggering ... More >>
The Government Takes From Motorists And Rail And Gives To The Road Transport Industry
Monday, 4 March 2024, 6:53 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
The government has announced and new set of taxes for motorists to pay for damage caused by the road transport industry! Car registration will rise by $50 and fuel tax will increase in the government’s next term. There is no announcement that ... More >>
Government Rips Off Motorists To Fund Truckers
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 11:50 am | The Rail Advocacy Collective
The government is considering moving away from the current fuel excise tax (FET) and move all vehicles into the same road user charge (RUC) system that all heavy and other diesel propelled vehicles use. We can only be hopeful that the oil companies ... More >>
Road Lobby Give False Picture Of Road User Charges While Government Impulsively Axes Rail Ferries
Tuesday, 20 February 2024, 12:52 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
TRAC believes that motorists need to know the truth about road funding as transport costs in New Zealand may not be what they seem! Don Kalasih, the interim chief executive of Ia Ara Aotearoa Transporting New Zealand, which is the new pretentious name for ... More >>
Government’s Cancellation Of Rail Ferries Poorly Thought Out!
Wednesday, 14 February 2024, 1:00 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
The cancellation of the KiwiRail rail ferries will have serious consequences and the Government have been fool hardy and reckless in their haste to cancel the current order. “The decision to cancel the new rail ferries is a decision to cancel having ... More >>
Government Attacks Rail While Motorists Are Ripped Off!
Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 11:37 am | The Rail Advocacy Collective
The government has scrapped the IREX rail ferry project and has indicated a preference for non-rail capable ferries for the Cook Strait. Niall Robertson, the National Coordinator of TRAC says, “...by scrapping the rail capable ferries, Nicola Willis has either ... More >>
Extension Of Te Huia Service A Great Step Forward For Provincial Public Transport
Monday, 5 February 2024, 9:51 am | The Rail Advocacy Collective
TRAC is pleased with the developments of the extra Te Huia services timed to start this week on Thursday February 8th. These increased services will be on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays only. The current service is reported to be doing well against ... More >>
KiwiRail Unable To Meet Cook Strait And Other Commitments Due To Governmental Flip Flopping
Thursday, 14 December 2023, 6:34 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
TRAC is concerned about the fallout from the Cook Strait budget blowout. KiwiRail (KRL) has been on a shoestring budget running this service for decades, which has led to KRL owning three unreliable ferries. TRAC national coordinator Niall Robertson ... More >>
Government Needs To Reprioritise Transport Plans For The Hawkes Bay
Monday, 11 December 2023, 4:13 pm | The Rail Advocacy Collective
The government has made the rebuilding of the railway through to Wairoa and to Gisborne a “low priority”, indicating that the government has little idea about the needs of rail customers, regional development and how to fight climate change. The government ... More >>
