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KiwiRail operates all freight lines and a small number of passenger services primarily for tourists on certain routes in both islands; Auckland One Rail operates Auckland Transport "AT Metro" suburban passenger trains in Auckland and Transdev operates Metlink passenger trains in the Wellington region; Dunedin Railways (formerly Taieri Gorge ...
Oversimplified map of the Christchurch Metro Network New route 97 at the Pegasus terminus. 5/10/2020. On 8 December 2014, a new bus network was launched offering three types of bus services. Five colour-coded frequent bus routes (the High Frequency Services) run through Christchurch's major road corridors, connecting people to popular destinations.
According to the 2013 New Zealand census, 4.2% of those who worked travelled to work by bus, 1.6% travelled by train, and more than 70% travelled to work in a vehicle they drove themselves. [9] The Household Travel Survey 's proportion of public transport trips was even lower, at 2.3% in 2013/14. [ 10 ]
With the opening of the Lyttelton road tunnel in 1964, patronage of passenger trains to Lyttelton slowly declined to the point where it was remarked that the number of passengers using the trains could easily be accommodated on a bus. [3] This soon became the case, with the Christchurch to Lyttelton services ended on 28 February 1972.
This station closed completely sometime prior to 1993. Carleton Oxford Branch 21 June 1875: 19 April 1959: Chaneys Main North Line 1877: 19 September 1971: Christchurch (first station) Main South Line 1 December 1863: 20 December 1877: Christchurch (second station) 21 December 1877: 5 April 1993 [1] [note 1] Christchurch (third station) Main ...
The first railway in New Zealand was the short Ferrymead Railway from Christchurch in 1863 (see NZ Rail 150), but laying of new lines was slow until the Vogel Era when some thousand miles (1,600 km) of track was laid in seven years from 1874. Lines were initially basic, with improvements made as traffic increased (in the American pattern).
The site of Christchurch's first railway station, on Moorhouse Avenue at the bottom of Madras Street, with the 1960 station building in the background Christchurch's first railway station was built by the Canterbury Provincial Council for its 5 ft 3 in ( 1,600 mm ) broad-gauge railway line between the city and the wharf at Ferrymead, opening on ...
Trams became a reality for Christchurch on 9 March 1880 when the first revenue services commenced on a line from Cathedral Square to Christchurch Railway Station via Colombo Street. The company behind the venture, the Canterbury Tramway Company, had been formed in 1878 then spent the next two years negotiating with the various councils involved ...