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Fewer, faster bus routes in Palmerston North will leave some carless people stranded

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November 15, 2023
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Palmerston North’s new bus services, designed to provide faster, more direct and frequent trips for more people, will leave some existing passengers behind. Age

Archived Road Deaths Australia—Monthly Bulletins

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November 14, 2023
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Older issues of Road Deaths Australia are available below.

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Tolworth

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November 14, 2023
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‘Check the ULEZ compliance.’ This was a new pre-show trip question. Easy enough, you just punch your reg’ number in to the website and you get a yes or no. Interestingly the exit onto the A3 post show was no easier and there seemed to be no drop in tra…

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How we could all make the bus go faster without spending anything

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November 14, 2023
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Millions of dollars and a lot of expensive time is being invested in making bus journeys through Auckland faster and with more reliable travel times. Bus prior

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We ride Auckland’s $100m Western Express busway – is it worth it?

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November 14, 2023
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One of the biggest problems with Auckland Transport’s revamp of bus services out west, is that it’s hard to forget that $100 million was spent upgrading the pri

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New Wagon Project

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November 14, 2023
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London North Eastern Railway 1950 Brake Corridor Third E1866 (GOLD)As the weather has turned colder and outside tasks become more difficult, the Thompson coach, usefully located inside the shed, has been able to see a little more progress. The recently…

Removing the tram tracks

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November 13, 2023
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One of the trickier tasks I faced with transforming the setting of my inner-Melbourne HO Scale shelf layout to the NSW North Coast, was removing the tram tracks that once ran down the middle of the Philden Street overpass. They were anchored down to th…

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Auckland public transport boost ready to roll after $100m upgrade

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November 13, 2023
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One of Auckland's biggest completed public transport projects in recent years gets its first big test on Monday, with the start of Western Express services

The wrong time of the year.

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November 12, 2023
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With this being the run up to the Santa services I was reminded of a visitor to Orton Mere Station some years ago. She asked if we had thought of running the Santa services in the summer when the weather was warmer and often sunny as it would encourage more people to book! She then …

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Rhiw running session

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November 10, 2023
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A decision was made to have regular running sessions for the current exhibition animals. This rather than the last minute check before a show. This week Rhiw came out of the box and some of the new stock was introduced, the short wheelbase pickin…