Train Alterations: Sunday 23 November 2014 Passenger Charter Wab 794 dep Feilding 09:15 Palmerston North 10:00/10:30 Woodville 11:50/13:30 Palmerston North 14:30/15:00 arr Feilding 15:45 hours. Passenger Special(Cruise Charter) dep Waltham 09:30 Arthurs Pass 12:20/13:10 dep Rolleston 16:00 arr Waltham 16:30 hours. Track work Westfield – Otahuhu Both mains 04:00 until 20:00 hours. Overhead Pole Renewal Porirua – Paekakariki Both mains 09:00 until 17:00 hours. Overhead Pole Renewal Wellington – Waikanae Both mains 19:30 until 04:00 hours Monday. Work train ex Te Rapa 07:00 works Raurimu – National Park. Terminates Palmerston North 17:45 hours. Work train ex Westfield 23:00 works Otahuhu – Auckland until 05:00 hours Monday. 260R will now be due dep Wellington 17:30 arr Palmerston North 19:47 hours. 328, 329 will not run. Multiple maintenance activity Wellington – Upper Hutt Both mains continues until 17:00 hours. 1613, 1614 will not run Wellington – Upper Hutt. 640 will not run. 824S will not run. Transposing rail Merton – Waitati 07:30 until 17:00 hours. Track work Mosgiel – Allanton 09:30 until 14:30 hours. MTT96 Energymiser trials will operate between Gore – Balclutha 08:00 until 16:00 hours. 955, 956 will not run. For those in the Wellington area this weekend: - All EMU services in the electrified area are cancelled from Saturday until Midnight Sunday. 640 will not run. Description of track work Kapiti Line: KiwiRail will be replacing wooden piles with steel ones to continue to upgrade the overhead electrical cables on the Kapiti Line. This work will improve the power supply for the signals on the Kapiti Line, future proof the rail network in the Wellington area, and enable customers to enjoy the benefits of a more robust electrical rail system. Ducting work will also take place about Tawa Station. Johnsonville Line: Work will be undertaken to clear vegetation along the rail corridor, carry out inspections of structure and tunnel, and routine track maintenance. Wellington City Council and New Zealand Transport Association will also be lifting in bridge beams at Broderick Road overbridge in Johnsonville. The renewal work will involve the replacement of old sleepers with new concrete sleepers using an excavator with a sleeper laying frame. We will also be removing and replacing old ballast with excavators and changing some rail. Other maintenance activities will also take place during this period. The work site is located 500m south of Crofton Downs Station. Crofton Downs station will be used as an access point for plant and materials that will be required to complete this work, therefore this area will see a bit more activity than normal. Hutt Valley and Wairarapa Line: The line will be closed for essential maintenance work to be undertaken between Upper Hutt and Wellington. Essential maintenance work taking place during this time includes track repair work south of Petone Station, at the south end of Taita Station, and drainage and repair work near Manor Park Station. Auckland Upgrade Closures: - Sunday 23 November 2014 Saturday 29 November 2014: Diesel trains will replace electric trains on Manukau services to allow for Otahuhu Station redevelopment work. Trains from Manukau to Britomart will operate five minutes earlier than normal schedule due to a single platform only available at Otahuhu Saturday 6 December 2014: Buses replace trains between Penrose and Papakura and between Sylvia Park and Manukau/Papakura. This is to continue with the Otahuhu Station redevelopment. Saturday 20 December and Sunday 21 December 2014: Buses replace trains between Penrose and Papakura and between Sylvia Park and Manukau/Papakura. This is to continue with the Otahuhu Station redevelopment. Thursday 25 December 2014 to Sunday 4 January 2015: Full network closure – a bus replacement service will operate on all lines. This is to allow for significant track maintanence at Newmarket, Penrose, Westfield, Wiri and Papakura, sleeper replacement on the Eastern Line, station work at Otahuhu and NZTA motorway work at Takanini and Ellerslie. Monday 5 January to Sunday 11 January 2015: Buses replace trains on the Western Line. Normal train services will operate on all other lines. This is to allow for track upgrades at Morningside and Kingdon Street and sleeper replacement works at level crossings. Tourist and Tour Season special trains. 30 November 2014 Steam Inc Ja 1271 Paekakariki – Wellngton.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 05:01:56 +0000
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