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Alex Burgess
Alex Burgess
@pcuser42.bsky.social
Web developer at PB Tech, guard/train controller/Information Services Manager at Glenbrook Vintage Railway, has lots of Lego. He/him
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It me! (Well, my display!)
Happy Friday, folks – here's our weekly roundup of the top stories in transport, infrastructure, and how cities work. Featuring: Mill Rd, safe speeds, gardens, all-ages train love... plus, Matt went to the brick show last weekend and got some cool pics! 😁 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/10/09/w...
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"Restoring commuter rail will give smaller regions and towns the benefits of more travellers stopping at their town stations, creating more economic opportunities and connecting them to main centres and other towns." @julieannegenter.greens.org.nz #NzPol
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Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities
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Call an election on Day 1 for shits and giggles
What would YOU do in your first 100 days as Prime Minister? A series of op-eds at @thepost-nz.bsky.social invites leading New Zealanders to tackle this question; our own Matt Lowrie among them. Today we share his vision with our readers. It's great(er)! 😉 www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/09/08/l...
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The third and final CRL station to get its turn for a sneak peek was Te Waihorotiu, in the middle of the city centre. We headed along to what is expected to become New Zealand's busiest station for a look. https://nzrailphotos.co.nz/photos/city-rail-link-first-looks-and-sneak-peeks?view=latest
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DL class locomotives have begun to appear on Te Huia and Northern Explorer services, reclassified DLP, ahead of the requirement for all trains to have ETCS in the Auckland area. Today, we caught the first Te Huia service to be DLP-hauled. https://nzrailphotos.co.nz/photos/dl-passenger?view=latest
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#RailNews: The Te Mahia Station pedestrian bridge will open on 24 August following final safety checks and approvals. The bridge at Takanini Station will open on 12 September. MORE: www.beehive.govt.nz/release/auck...
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Ahead of the City Rail Link opening to passengers on 13 September 2026, the public got an opportunity to look through each station on three separate weekends, starting with Maungawhau station. We attended a Sneak Peek event the night before. nzrailphotos.co.nz/photos/city-...
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City Rail Link opening date revealed as 13 September https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/900907/city-rail-link-opening-date-revealed-as-13-september
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Drury and Paerātā stations both had open days for the public today, in advance of the stations opening tomorrow. We went along and had a look around the two new stations before we go for our own rides. https://nzrailphotos.co.nz/photos/drury-and-paert-stations-open?view=latest
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"If he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him." _chef's kiss_ www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/6...
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People often ask us: who actually made Auckland’s game-changing City Rail Link project happen? Today, @connorsharp.bsky.social rates the CRL’s Top Ten Political Champions. Number 10 may surprise you… but the others will really knock your socks off! www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2026/05/25/t...
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NEW EDDACHE VIDEO!! Lets look at the holy-man who created a talking train and then things got weird... youtu.be/ZI6byqHP8_s
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Simply bringing back half price public transport isn't that hard. But we don't even get that
I don't understand why the govt hasn't already moved to Phase 2 of the fuel crisis plan. All it involves is encouraging fuel saving, and surely it would have been prudent to start that a couple of weeks ago? Nicola seems desperate to do nothing. #nzpol
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When, during Covid, I thought ‘thank heavens Jacinda and Grant are in charge, and not a National led government’, I really wasn’t hoping to find out what the alternative scenario would look like for real. #nzpol
Remarkable watching Govt inch slowly towards understanding magnitude of the fuel situation, so obviously blinded by optimism bias & ideological aversion to intervention... constantly a week or so behind those that have, errm, read the briefings. Some sense of what 2020 would have looked like I guess
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