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Rail regulator says train punctuality and cancellations remain challenging, but Network Rail starting to improve train performance

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December 7, 2023
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Rail regulator says train punctuality and cancellations remain challenging, but Network Rail starting to improve train performance
Thu, 07/12/2023 – 09:35
7 December 2023

New statistics from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) released today…

Toolkit for Establishing Airport Catchment Areas

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December 7, 2023
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The catchment area of an airport encompasses areas where passengers are more likely to use the subject airport, even when there are other airport options in the vicinity. ACRP Web-Only Document 56: Toolkit for Establishing Airport Catchment Areas , fro…

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ORR: New East Linton railway station ready to open

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December 5, 2023
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ORR: New East Linton railway station ready to open
Tue, 05/12/2023 – 09:39
5 December 2023

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has authorised into service the new East Linton railway station ahead of its expected opening on 13 December.
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Dozens of Wellington trains could be cut if millions not spent, minister told

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December 5, 2023
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Wellington’s commuter rail network could have to cut dozens of train services if government funding isn’t provided to repair the city’s rail infrastructure, inc

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Te Huia train on uncertain track as coalition gets rolling

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December 4, 2023
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The future of Te Huia is on an uncertain track as the Hamilton-Auckland passenger rail service undergoes a formal review and the cost-cutting new Government is

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Transport advocates urge change to bus network in New Plymouth

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December 4, 2023
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Public transport advocates will front the Taranaki Regional Council on Monday to call for changes to the bus network to bring New Plymouth in line with other ci

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Bus reliability has come a long way since ‘bustastrophe’

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December 4, 2023
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Metlink is reinstating a slew of bus services as part of its year-long project to make Wellington’s buses work. In a Greater Wellington Regional Council transpo

Locomotive 656.

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December 2, 2023
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I was kindly sent this image of a painting.

My thanks to Gerard Bauer who painted it in the 1970’s..

MASH Railing Load Requirements for Bridge Deck Overhang

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December 2, 2023
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State highway agencies across the country are upgrading standards, policies, and processes to satisfy the 2016 AASHTO/FHWA Joint Implementation Agreement for MASH. NCHRP Research Report 1078: MASH Railing Load Requirements for Bridge Deck Overhang , fr…

Ruggedness of Laboratory Tests to Assess Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Mixtures

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December 2, 2023
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Cracking and durability issues of asphalt pavements have been primary concerns of departments of transportation the last two decades. Several modes of asphalt pavement cracking exist—fatigue, top-down, reflective, and thermal—and all are influenced by …