A disabled Auckland man thought he was a "goner" when a bus closed its doors on him and then yanked him from his wheelchair, leaving him bloodied and bruised.

Passengers on Auckland's new electric trains - the first of which was unveiled yesterday - will enjoy the spaciousness of open carriages from one end to the other.

Auckland Transport is offering crumbs of comfort to what it says is a small proportion of bus passengers - largely North Shore students - facing weekly fare rises of $10 or more.

Auckland Transport has sacked a senior manager amid an investigation into allegations of corruption over roading contracts.

Auckland Transport faces a complaint to the Commerce Commission from a Green Bay bus passenger whose monthly fare has almost doubled.

Making sure Franklin is not the forgotten part of town is the big issue for residents there.

Axing his weekly bus pass has angered engineering student Alex can der Sande - and he's launched a campaign to get it reinstated.

Auckland bus driver Nico van der Zwet has spoken up in defence of his beleaguered profession and challenged other road users to improve their behaviour.

Fire risks and faults with emergency exits are among things being re-checked by police and transport inspectors on Wellington buses after faults were found.

A bus driver on a school run dumped a 6-year-old at the side of the road and headed back to the depot instead of taking him to his bus stop.

Shrouded in bubble-wrap, the first of Auckland's 57 new electric trains has arrived from its Spanish factory.

North Shore commuters are confused by a late delay to the planned introduction of Auckland's $100 million electronic Hop card system on two large bus fleets.

Bus drivers are facing more accusations of misbehaviour, including an Auckland woman who says her car was almost squashed when a coach forced it on to a motorway shoulder.

Bus drivers are in the gun for using cellphones and flipping through paperwork while at the wheels of their 12- to 14-tonne vehicles.

Auckland Transport has called on external investigators to guide its inquiry into corruption claims and has stood down a senior manager on indefinite leave.

Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee says his scepticism about electric cars has all but disappeared.

Auckland Transport is resisting pressure from TV3's owners to buy them out of their studios above the city's underground rail project.

A pregnant mother who ran more than 2km after an Auckland train cut her off from her three young sons has received an apology from the rail company.

Neighbours of Auckland's underground rail project fear digging up Albert St and closing its key east-west intersections will spread traffic chaos through the inner city.

A new animated flythrough of the planned Southeastern Busway from Panmure Station to Pakuranga town centre to Botany town centre. Featuring new visuals of the Pakuranga town centre bus station. The Southeastern Busway is one of the major features of the Auckland Manukau Eastern Transport Initiative (AMETI)

Government road-builders stand accused of undermining Auckland's public transport effort by closing bus priority lanes for the Transport Agency's $220 million upgrade.

Traffic is backed up on Auckland's Harbour Bridge following a four-car crash this morning.

Wellington commuter lines will remain closed tomorrow morning with no peak train services or bus replacements operating.

Building park-and-ride facilities is the first transport priority for Auckland mayoral candidate John Palino, whose long-term solution is to build satellite centres where people can live, work and play.

A Wellington bus company is undergoing an urgent review after safety checks uncovered more than 100 faults on its fleet.