The CRL and North Shore Line Redux
A (re)Look at Two Particular Heavy Rail Projects Over the last year advancements have been made on Auckland‘s heavy rail system (for both passengers and freight). BR:AKL has been following developments as Auckland’s rail continue to grow and evolve through the 21st Century. With the next step of the City Rail Link under way – that … Read more
A Question for the CRL
Is the CRL Future Proofed for The North Shore Line? Last week Auckland Transport released the long-awaited Notice of Requirement for the City Rail Link (CRL) and opened the public submission period for “public” feedback: From Auckland Transport: City Rail Link open for public comment Last reviewed: 25/01/2013 10:13 a.m. Media release: 25 January … Read more
Christmas Present from National
Driving Goes Down, So Tax Goes Up? I was always taught when things got a little bit tough and demand had slid you either do one of two things: drop the price of your product to kick-start demand again, or invest in an alternative product to bring in an alternative source of revenue to … Read more
Observations on the CCFAS
Some Musings on the City Centre Future Access Study And Power Shifting (Auckland) – Forward While it is peak sun outside as I write this post (meaning not a wise idea to be outside right now tending to the garden) I though I might gather some of my musings on the CCFAS … Read more
City Centre Future Access Study
City Centre Future Access Study – The Reports And so Auckland Council has released the City Centre Future Access Study or CCFAS. Now you can find the files from the Auckland Council website or (and I know one of the files is pretty chunky in size) you can read the embeds below to save … Read more
Be Right Back
Coming Soon Apologies for the lack of posts recently – things have been a bit more flat put than I like at the moment, diverting my attention away from BR:AKL commentary. In saying that, things going on behind the scenes and across Social Media have still being happening with myself engaged in a … Read more
Advancement in Rail
Pukekohe Electrification Builds Steam, While City Rail Link is Safe Okay the subtitle for this post – Pukekohe Electrification Builds Steam is a nice play on words seeming the trains will be electrics, not steam engines. Puns aside I managed to attend the back-end of the Transport Committee today after attending … Read more
The CRL and That Poll Ctd
Looking at the Debate that has Cropped Up Again on the City Rail Link Yesterday in my “THE CRL AND THAT POLL” I had stated that: Thanks to Bernard Orsman from the NZ Herald and Horizon Research (a polling company), debate has flared up again on the City Rail Link. Is there any thing new in this … Read more
The CRL and That Poll
Debate has Cropped Up Again on the City Rail Link Thanks to Bernard Orsman from the NZ Herald and Horizon Research (a polling company), debate has flared up again on the City Rail Link. Is there any thing new in this debate? Currently no so I wont bother going into it much unless you … Read more
