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Case for banning some of New Zealand’s shortest flights

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January 13, 2023
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France’s government has banned short haul flights where green alternatives are available. Could New Zealand do the same? Short-hop plane trips produce more cli

Wagga Wagga station. I’ve done with the details

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January 4, 2023
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Wagga
Wagga Station Platform – finishing off.

Welcome to
2023. To celebrate the occasion, I am
calling the Wagga Wagga station model “finished”. Wagga Wagga station in 1994 – picture by John Morrison

As I hinted
on my earlier Blog post,…

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The inquiry into NZ’s regional passenger rail

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January 4, 2023
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Opinion. Though opinions on how to achieve it differ, there is at least a general consensus that if New Zealand is serious about dropping its carbon emissions,

Model Railways

Pottington Quay – the new layout and a modelling new year!

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January 2, 2023
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I hope everybody has had a fantastic xmas and I wish you all well for the new year. Over the xmas period, alongside eating way […]

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Passenger train from Hamilton to Tauranga on the cards

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January 2, 2023
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A passenger train service connecting Hamilton and Tauranga is in the works after local community initiatives joined forces to come up with a concrete plan – whi

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2022 – A Quiet Year?

gobstopper
January 1, 2023
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Before writing this, I was thinking that 2022 had been a bit dull in OTCM terms, however trying to find a few photos to illustrate this made me think that maybe that was a bit unfair. The start of the year was actually mega productive, the C word meant thee was a lot of time …

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Is Wellington’s $7.4b transport plan on life support

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December 27, 2022
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National Party claims Wellington’s $7.4 billion transport plan is on life support after Treasury documents warned there might not be enough money in the pot to

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Happy Christmas one and all

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December 25, 2022
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A happy Christmas to everyone!

Events and exhibitions

Christmas at the National Railway Museum 2022: What will the railways of the future look like?

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December 24, 2022
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Senior Explainer James shares a bundle of visitors’ visions of future rail travel.

The post Christmas at the National Railway Museum 2022: What will the railways of the future look like? appeared first on National Railway Museum blog.

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Why intercity needs to be part of public transport

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December 23, 2022
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Opinion – Long distance coaches form an existing, widespread transport network that many New Zealanders do not give much thought to. Yet they are an important s