The driver has been at the controls as three people, one a boy, were killed by his train.

Road taxes could be diverted to rail projects under plans by the new Government

Trains and ferries are cancelled or delayed across Auckland this morning.

Mark Lambert Chief Transport Services Officer Auckland Transport discusses the upcoming industrial action to train services.

Michel Ladrak Managing Director of Transdev Auckland, talks frankly about the upcoming industrial action to train services.

No commuter trains are running due to a 24 hour strike by Rail and Maritime Transport Union workers. Credit: Mark Mitchell

Traffic is free flowing into Wellington, congestion is mostly centred around Porirua and Lower Hutt as people start their commute into the capital.

One of hundreds of incidents of vandalism involved Aussies who came here to tag trains.

Big numbers can be mind-numbing for voters.

One line opens after train driver reports body on tracks in South Auckland.

Two central government ministers make agreement with Auckland Mayor Phil Goff.

Transport union fears 160 train jobs on the line.

What is the CRL and what will it look like?

American architect Mario Madayag helped design the Britomart transport hub and is amazed at the transformation of the whole area

Supermarket shelves in the earthquake-stricken region of North Canterbury will remain stocked if the Ports of Auckland has any say in it.

The Woodville community is coming together for the sake of an old railway station under threat. And Kiwi Rail seems likely to agree. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Rail network is now the most punctual it's every been despite adding 2.9 million trips since electrification.

John Key announces his policy that will require councils to open up new land to housing and a street has been cordoned off in South Auckland after the death of a child in a property there.

Tomorrow ground will be broken on the biggest construction project New Zealand has ever seen.

Trainspotter Ryan Allen waited ten years to see the Flying Scotsman but this wasn't the view he wanted.

If only the fast lane of this stupid motorway was simply removed and replaced with a train that had wifi? I could have got useful work done and arrived far quicker, writes Sam Judd.

The Prime Minister's reading of the politics of the issue is an implicit tribute to the effort of the departing mayor, Len Brown, as it was three years ago.

For a city striving to be "world class", forcing the inter-city rail service out of Britomart to a jerry-built shipping container "kiosk", 1.4km away in the old shunting yards, is bizarre, writes Brian Rudman.

Long distance trains from Wellington to Auckland will stop about a kilometre short of the Britomart underground station from December 21.

Auckland Transport is having to stump of $21 million to “future-proof” a motorway project for trains or trams to the airport.

Main work on the $2.5 billion city rail link is due to start in May next year, beginning with a new entrance for commuters at the rear of Britomart train station.

Britomart users may soon have to jostle their way through crowded platforms to get on to backed-up rush-hour trains.

Political parties are tailoring all manner of policies for Auckland, or more precisely at 1,030,125 enrolled Jafas, to win their vote.

It feels like riding some sort of subterranean paddle steamer on a voyage back from the centre of the Earth.