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Flashback To 2015 - Is Groundhog Day About to Happen Again to KiwiRail in 2024? -

This blog is a word for word repost of a blog I made in July 2015 on the viability of the rail network in New Zealand (also including...

The Heriot-Edievale Business Has Restarted

After an absence of a few years the Heriot-Edievale advisory/consultancy business has been re-established. Heriot-Edievale Limited was...

Kiwi Rail Announces 2016 Annual Result

As the press release below indicates, Kiwi Rail met its SCI targets by and large for 2016 and it is good that they have a realistic but...

Earthquakes, Coal Mine Disasters and World Coal Demand Hits New Zealand South Island West Coast Rail

The New Zealand South Island West Coast railway network viability is under real threat now. Solid Energy's serious woes continue. They...

Railway North Of Whangarei (Kauri) Seems Set To "Close" From September 2016

Despite aparrent denials in some quarters, it seems almost certain that the railway line north of Kauri, (north of Whangarei where a...

KiwiRail Upbeat On Results For Six Months Ended 31 December 2015

KiwiRail remains upbeat despite the many challenges it is facing. There are some real positives in this result that signal the sterling...

Kiwi Rail Reduces Staff By 800 Employees In Company Rationalisation Over Two Years

In a move not entirely unexpected Kiwi Rail has "announced" to a Parliamentary Select Committee, and as reported by News Talk ZB (See...

A Repost of a Blog Made in July 2015 - Is Another Groundhog Day About to Happen to KiwiRail In 2024?

"Back To The Future" or is it "Groundhog Day"? - Is Closing Kiwi Rail A Serious Option? Like a scene from the classic 1980's films "Back...

Video Of The Month May 2015 - "Reshaphing Britains Railways - March 1963"

Click on link here for Part 1, here for part 2 and here for Part 3 A great set of videos that really set the ball rolling for the...

Video Of The Month April 2015 - New Zealand National Film Unit - "Railways Of The Pacific Wonderland

Click on link here to see the Video Of The Month for Aoril 2015 . Yet another special treat from New Zealand is this vintage 1939...

Video Of The Month March 2015 - New Zealand National Film Unit - "The Railway Worker - 1948"

Click on link here to see the Video Of The Month for March 2015 . Another special treat from New Zealand is this vintage 1948 documentary...