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Auckland rail strike averted

Rail stopwork plan threatens afternoon services

Probe into Melbourne train crash

Two investigations will begin today into last night's train crash in Melbourne which injured five people.

<i>Brian Rudman:</i> All aboard please, we're tired of waiting

Aucklanders aren't too fussed where their trains are built - 100 years on, they just want a service.

Labour, Greens back locally built locomotives

Labour and the Greens are throwing their weight behind a union campaign for KiwiRail to build Auckland's new rail units.

Pressure mounts to build Auckland's electric trains locally

Train drivers slept on job

Kiwirail train drivers have been disciplined for seven serious safety breaches in the past two years, including failing drug or alcohol tests and falling asleep on the job.

Path will link uni with rail

Restructures take toll on rail service, warns Lee

Enter the station here, here, here ... or here

British rail union faces legal battle over strike ballot

A British rail union is fighting claims of discrepancies between the number of votes recorded in a strike ballot and the total workforce number.

History burns deep on the wild west road

Jim Eagles rediscovers an era of highway robberies and religious battles.

Bolger on track to lose more than KiwiRail

Bolger removed from KiwiRail chair

Former PM Jim Bolger is to be removed as KiwiRail chairman, SOE Minister Simon Power has confirmed.

A rail ride of a lifetime

Clearly there's something about train travel that exercises a particular charm over New Zealanders, writes Jim Eagles.

Drivers at each end of train to speed up Newmarket backward shuffle