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Rotokauri Railway Station
Rotokauri railway station (formerly Te Rapa railway station), also known as The Hub, is a railway station, park and ride, and bus station in north Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton, New Zealand serving Rotokauri and Te Rapa. Located on the North Island Main Trunk, it was previously a Request stop, flag station, and was closed in January 1971. It reopened as an integrated transport hub in 2021 as part of Te Huia services between Hamilton railway station, New Zealand, Hamilton and Papakura railway station, Papakura (extended to The Strand Station, The Strand in 2022). Services started on 6 April 2021. History Te Rapa Railway Station Opening with the Ngāruawāhia railway station, Newcastle to Hamilton extension of the railway from Britomart Transport Centre, Auckland on Wednesday 19 December 1877, Te Rapa railway station was originally south of Horotiu railway station, Horotiu (then named Pukete) and north of Hamilton railway station, New Zealand, Hamilton on the North Islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Island Main Trunk
The North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) is the main railway line in the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city Wellington with the country's largest city, Auckland. The line is long, built to the New Zealand rail gauge of and serves the large cities of Palmerston North and Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton. Most of the NIMT is Single track (rail), single track with frequent passing loops, but sections at each end that also handle suburban commuter traffic are double tracked: * The section known as the North-South Junction between Wellington railway station, Wellington and Waikanae railway station, Waikanae, except for of single-track through tunnels between North Junction ( from Wellington) and South Junction, ( from Wellington), on the Pukerua Bay railway station, Pukerua Bay to Paekakariki railway station, Paekākāriki section, * between Hamilton and Te Kauwhata railway station, Te Kauwhata (except for the single-track Waikato River Bridge at Ngāruawāhia rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngāruawāhia Railway Station
Ngāruawāhia railway station was at the junction of the North Island Main Trunk line and its Glen Massey Line, Glen Massey branch, serving Ngāruawāhia in the Waikato District of New Zealand, south of Britomart Transport Centre, Auckland and north of Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton. It was opened with a special train from Auckland on Monday 13 August 1877. The next stations were Taupiri railway station, Taupiri to the north and Horotiu railway station, Horotiu to the south. In 2020 reopening of the remaining platform was put forward as a scheme to help the region recover from the Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand, economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, estimated to cost $15m. History The station opened on 13 August 1877, as Newcastle, when the line was extended from the previous terminus at Mercer railway station, Mercer, though the stationmaster's house was added later. It ceased to be the terminus when the line was extended to Te Awamutu ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Labour Government Of New Zealand
The Sixth Labour Government New Zealand Government, governed New Zealand from 26 October 2017 to 27 November 2023. It was headed first by Jacinda Ardern (October 2017–January 2023) and later by Chris Hipkins (January 2023–November 2023), as New Zealand Labour Party, Labour Party leader and Prime Minister of New Zealand, prime minister. On 1 August 2017, Ardern succeeded Andrew Little (New Zealand politician), Andrew Little as both leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition (New Zealand), Leader of the Opposition. Following the 2017 New Zealand general election, 2017 general election held on 23 September, the New Zealand First party held the Balance of power (parliament), balance of power between the sitting centre-right New Zealand National Party, National Party government, and the left bloc of the Labour and Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand, Green parties. Following negotiations with the two major parties, New Zealand First leader Winston Peters announce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NZ Transport Agency
NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA), superseded by is a New Zealand Crown entity tasked with promoting safe and functional transport by land, including the responsibility for driver and vehicle licensing, and administering the New Zealand state highway network. means 'one vessel' and is intended to convey the concept of "travelling together as one". History and leadership Formation The agency was established on 1 August 2008 by the Land Transport Management Amendment Act 2008, merging Transit New Zealand with Land Transport New Zealand. Leadership changes, 2008–2019 NZTA's board was criticised by the National Party-led opposition in July 2008 as being "stacked" with political appointees of the Labour Party-led government. A National Party-led government was formed after 2008 New Zealand general election, and a number of board members were reappointed or replaced. In January 2019, three members of the board of directors resigned, about six weeks after the resig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport Hub
A transport hub is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles and/or between mode of transport, transport modes. Public transport hubs include train station, railway stations, metro station, rapid transit stations, bus stops, tram stops, airports, and ferry slips. Freight hubs include classification yards, airports, seaports, and truck terminals, or combinations of these. For private transport by car, the parking lot functions as an unimodal hub. History Historically, an interchange service in the scheduled passenger air transport industry involved a "through plane" flight operated by two or more airlines where a single aircraft was used with the individual airlines operating it with their own flight crews on their respective portions of a direct, no-change-of-plane multi-stop flight. In the U.S., a number of air carriers including Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Braniff International Airways, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Eastern Airlines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waikato Regional Council
The Waikato () is a Regions of New Zealand, region of the upper North Island of New Zealand. It covers the Waikato District, Waipā District, Matamata-Piako District, South Waikato District and Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton City, as well as Hauraki Plains, Hauraki, Coromandel Peninsula, the northern King Country, much of the Taupō District, and parts of the Rotorua Lakes District. It is governed by the Waikato Regional Council. The Waikato stretches from Coromandel Peninsula in the north, to the north-eastern slopes of Mount Ruapehu in the south, and spans the North Island from the west coast, through the Waikato and Hauraki to Coromandel Peninsula on the east coast. Broadly, the extent of the region is the Waikato River catchment. Other major catchments are those of the Waihou River, Waihou, Piako River, Piako, Awakino River (Waikato), Awakino and Mōkau River, Mōkau rivers. The region is bounded by Auckland Region, Auckland on the north, Bay of Plenty Region, Bay of Plen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Zealand Herald
''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation in New Zealand, peaking at over 200,000 copies in 2006, although circulation of the daily ''Herald'' had declined to 100,073 copies on average by September 2019. The ''Herald''s publications include a daily paper; the ''Weekend Herald'', a weekly Saturday paper; and the ''Herald on Sunday'', which has 365,000 readers nationwide. The ''Herald on Sunday'' is the most widely read Sunday paper in New Zealand. The paper's website, nzherald.co.nz, is viewed 2.2 million times a week and was named Voyager Media Awards' News Website of the Year in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. In 2023, the ''Weekend Herald'' was awarded Weekly Newspaper of the Year and the publication's mobile application was the News App of the Year. Its main circulation area is the Auckland R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotokauri Station And Footbridge Looking South
Rotokauri is a semi-rural locality in Waikato District in New Zealand. The outskirts of Rotokauri have an impressive orchid farm, all under glass, exporting blooms across the world, and providing ample local employment. The New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage gives a translation of "kauri tree lake" for . Demographics Rotokauri covers and had an estimated population of as of with a population density of people per km2. Rotokauri had a population of 1,011 in the 2023 New Zealand census, a decrease of 6 people (−0.6%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 99 people (10.9%) since the 2013 census. There were 519 males and 492 females in 333 dwellings. 2.1% of people identified as LGBTIQ+. The median age was 44.3 years (compared with 38.1 years nationally). There were 183 people (18.1%) aged under 15 years, 171 (16.9%) aged 15 to 29, 477 (47.2%) aged 30 to 64, and 183 (18.1%) aged 65 or older. People could identify as more than one ethnicity. The results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal New Zealand Air Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF; ) is the aerial warfare, aerial military service, service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed initially in 1923 as a branch of the New Zealand Army, being known as the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, becoming an independent air force on 1 April 1937. The RNZAF fought in World War II, Malayan Emergency, Malaya, the Korean War, Vietnam War, Vietnam and the Gulf War and has undertaken United Nations peacekeeping missions. From a peak of over 1,000 combat aircraft in 1945, the RNZAF has shrunk to a strength of around 48 aircraft in 2022. It focuses on maritime patrol and transport duties in support of the Royal New Zealand Navy and the New Zealand Army. Its air combat capability ended in 2001, with the disbanding of the A-4 Skyhawk and Aermacchi MB-339 equipped squadrons. The Air Force is led by an Air Vice-Marshal who holds the appointment of Chief of Air Force (New Zealand), Chief of Air Force. The RNZAF motto is the sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interlocking
In railway signalling, an interlocking is an arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through an arrangement of tracks such as junctions or crossings. In North America, a set of signalling appliances and tracks interlocked together are sometimes collectively referred to as an ''interlocking plant'' or just as an ''interlocking''. An interlocking system is designed so that it is impossible to display a signal to proceed unless the route to be used is proven safe. Interlocking is a safety measure designed to prevent signals and points/switches from being changed in an improper sequence. For example, interlocking would prevent a signal from being changed to indicate a diverging route, unless the corresponding points/switches had been changed first. In North America, the official railroad definition of interlocking is: "''An arrangement of signals and signal appliances so interconnected that their movements must succeed each other in proper sequence''". ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automatic Block Signaling
Automatic block signaling (ABS), spelled automatic block signalling or called track circuit block (TCB ) in the UK, is a railroad communications system that consists of a series of signals that divide a railway line into a series of sections, called ''blocks''. The system controls the movement of trains between the blocks using automatic signals. ABS operation is designed to allow trains operating in the same direction to follow each other in a safe manner without risk of rear-end collision. The introduction of ABS reduced railways' costs and increased their capacity. Older manual block systems required human operators. The automatic operation comes from the system's ability to detect whether blocks are occupied or otherwise obstructed, and to convey that information to approaching trains. The system operates without any outside intervention, unlike more modern traffic control systems that require external control to establish a flow of traffic. History The earliest way of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Application Of Railway Signals
The application of railway signals on a rail layout is determined by various factors, principally the location of points of potential conflict, as well as the speed and frequency of trains and the movements they require to make. Non-provision of signals Before discussing the application of signals, it is useful to highlight some situations where signals are ''not'' required: * Sidings generally need not be signalled, as all movements within them are made cautiously at low speed. * Tram lines frequently employ "running on sight" without any signals (similar to road traffic) except at junctions. * Where movement authorities are passed to drivers exclusively by means other than fixed signals (e.g. by written or verbal authority), token, or cab signalling. Purpose of signals Signals exist primarily to pass instructions and information to drivers of passing trains. The driver interprets the signal's indication and acts accordingly. The most important indication is 'danger', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
