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| Thread ID: 122404 | 2011-12-19 12:37:00 | I hope those that live in Auckland have other means of Transport. | Snorkbox (15764) | PC World Chat |
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| 1249621 | 2011-12-21 07:02:00 | Careful calculation indicates that 100% of me is not living within 1KM of a railway station, and has never been, at least in this country. 30 KM would be a reasonable average. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1249622 | 2011-12-21 07:31:00 | Darkie AKA pcuser42? | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1249623 | 2011-12-21 07:34:00 | Darkie AKA pcuser42? No, darkie aka. an Apple geek, so can't be me ;) |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1249624 | 2011-12-21 07:39:00 | Darkie AKA pcuser42? I don't believe pcuser42 to be the type to stoop to creating troll accounts. I do all my own trolling. :P |
darkie (16661) | ||
| 1249625 | 2011-12-21 07:47:00 | That is a sales pitch by vested interests not valid statistics. The rail plan for Ak was produced by the people that run it not by impartial experts. So you have better statistics? |
Snorkbox (15764) | ||
| 1249626 | 2011-12-29 03:34:00 | 3469 An update from the New Zealand Railway Observer, December January and a picture of the new units. "Auckland Transport signed a purchase and maintenance contract with Spanish manufacturer Construccionnes y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles SA (CAF) on 6th October for 57 three-car electric multiple units following a funding and ownership deal with the government. The first units should be in service by the end of 2013. The government has provided a $500 million loan to Auckland Transport on concessionary terms and a grant of $90 million. CAF is to maintain the units until 2026 in a new maintenance facility being built in Wiri. In the three car set, the middle car is a trailer, with the other two being powered. Each car will be able to take 120 passengers, both seated and standing. Acceleration of the new units will be twice the rate of the present deisel powered units and of course, quieter. This will mean that a journey between Papatoetoe and Britomart will be shortened by 10 minutes. Auckland Transport predicts that trips on the network will increase from 9.7 million this year to 17.3 million by 2016. At peak times the units will be able to operate at 10-minute intervals." |
Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1249627 | 2011-12-29 21:14:00 | Thanks so much for that, Roscoe. Very interesting. The new units look very nice. I wonder if they are going to paint the front of each unit yellow as they have done with the diesel units? I have been watching progress on the Auckland southern line and I see that they are installing the poles that will carry the electric lines for the trains. I am really looking forward to trying out the new units when they arrive. As you may have gathered - I like trains. |
Ulsterman (12815) | ||
| 1249628 | 2011-12-29 21:41:00 | - I like trains. We all have our interests- I like thighs. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1249629 | 2011-12-29 22:09:00 | 3469 An update from the New Zealand Railway Observer, December January and a picture of the new units . . . . At peak times the units will be able to operate at 10-minute intervals . " For the other 9-1/2 minutes they just sort of sit and buzz? ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1249630 | 2011-12-29 22:21:00 | We all have our interests- I like thighs. Why not both? :p | pcuser42 (130) | ||
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