Election 2017 - Party Policies - Transport - Freight and Rail
27th May 17, 9:08am
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Freight and Rail
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- Supported the continued use of Public Private Partnerships to fund and maintain infrastructure.
- Read more here.
- Fund rail infrastructure from the transport budget, on the basis of best overall economic and climate impact for New Zealand.
- Set a target for 25% of freight to be moved by rail and 25% by coastal shipping within 10 years – 2027.
- Electrify rail in the Golden Triangle (between Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga). Passenger rail from Auckland to Hamilton five times daily, and Tauranga once daily, beginning in 2019.
- Build light rail from the city, through Mt Roskill, Māngere, and to the airport by 2021.
- Establish a new twice-daily passenger train service between Palmerston North and Napier: the Ruahine Runner.
- Read more here, here, and here.
- Reform the structure and governance of KiwiRail to ensure it is best placed to deliver on national transport priorities.
- Retain current electrification of the North Island Main Trunk line, and investigate expansion of electrification to Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga and between Wellington and Palmerston North; and have a long-term goal of electrifying all rail.
- Re-open mothballed railway lines where community and business support exists and there is evidence that the service would be sustainable, notably the Napier to Gisborne rail line.
- Investigate a rail line to Marsden Point and Northport and upgrading the North Auckland Line to take pressure off the roads in Northland.
- Build light rail from the CBD to Auckland Airport. This will be part of a new light rail network that will be built over the next decade with routes to the central suburbs, the airport, and West Auckland, and will later be extended to the North Shore.
- Read more here and here.
- Committing to invest $100 million for a Third Main Line from Wiri to Westfield providing a dedicated freight line.
- Read more here.
- Electrify rail with a spur to Auckland International Airport connecting it to the network.
- Build a rail spur to Auckland International Airport connecting it to the main trunk line.
- Develop Railways of National Importance (RoNI) backed by full electrification; and integrate our Ports, roads and Railways of National Importance.
- Complete the rebuild of Northland’s rail network and build a spur to Northport.
- Reinstate the Gisborne to Wairoa rail line and upgrade other lines.
- Read more here.
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