Kiwi Rail 2023-24 Plan for the Waikato and Te Huia
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The rail network in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty has avoided 397,867 truck trips, saving 32.7million litres of fuel and avoiding the emission of 87,949 tonnes of CO2 (from Image below). The CO2 reduction is equivalent to removing half the current numbers of petrol-fuelled cars from Hamilton’s* streets for a year. KiwiRail recently updated the Waikato Regional Transport Committee (Monday18 September 2023) on the state of the Waikato and Bay of Plenty rail network: KiwiRail now has ‘all bridges on the Auckland - Tauranga route ready for future axle-load increase’, and has planned business cases for double-tracking the Whangamarino Swamp and Ngaruawahia Bridge as traffic increases. It is also commencing a design and business case for electrification of the Golden Triangle. Note: the business cases come under the heading
Kiwi Rail 2023-24 Plan for the Waikato and Te Huia
Kiwi Rail 2023-24 Plan for the Waikato and Te…
Kiwi Rail 2023-24 Plan for the Waikato and Te Huia
The rail network in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty has avoided 397,867 truck trips, saving 32.7million litres of fuel and avoiding the emission of 87,949 tonnes of CO2 (from Image below). The CO2 reduction is equivalent to removing half the current numbers of petrol-fuelled cars from Hamilton’s* streets for a year. KiwiRail recently updated the Waikato Regional Transport Committee (Monday18 September 2023) on the state of the Waikato and Bay of Plenty rail network: KiwiRail now has ‘all bridges on the Auckland - Tauranga route ready for future axle-load increase’, and has planned business cases for double-tracking the Whangamarino Swamp and Ngaruawahia Bridge as traffic increases. It is also commencing a design and business case for electrification of the Golden Triangle. Note: the business cases come under the heading