pikihia » Auckland Transport http://www.pikihia.com Maori: piki(hia) - translation: climb, ascend Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:25:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Auckland Rail Network – Yeah Right!! http://www.pikihia.com/archives/97 http://www.pikihia.com/archives/97#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:25:08 +0000 Hardman http://www.pikihia.com/?p=97 Auckland’s dismal rail service continues.  As of 13 July Auckland Rail says they are introducing more trains, more often.  Well for me catching a train from Ellerslie station everyday there are no extra services at peak hour and the times are even less convenient at peak hour to and from work. 

Not sure where the statement “more trains more often” comes from – does this mean that service reliability will improve too?  Currently the southern line which I take everyday has just over a 80% statistic for being on time!  Yes, that means at least once a week both to and from work I can expect the trains I catch to be late (or even worse cancelled!). 

You can check out the delays and increase in costs for the ARTA projects and also the reliability of the Auckland Rail Service in the ARTA monthly business reports.  Will Auckland ever get a reliable and efficient rail service?

For me, a Tui billboard I made up sums it up nicely!!

Yeah Right!

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