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  2. Public transport in Auckland - Wikipedia

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    This project allowed trains to reach into the heart of Auckland's city centre and acted as a catalyst for the regeneration of this part of downtown Auckland. [28] The Northern Busway was opened in 2008, providing Auckland's North Shore with rapid transit that enabled bus riders to avoid congestion on the Northern Motorway and Auckland Harbour ...

  3. Public transport in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    There are no rapid transit metros and no remaining tram (i.e., light rail) systems active anywhere in New Zealand (except for some museum systems and a tourist-oriented service at Wynyard Quarter in Auckland and in Christchurch), though trams (and their horse-drawn predecessors) once had a major role in New Zealand's public transport.

  4. List of New Zealand firefighters killed in the line of duty

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    Auckland 2 March 1945 Killed when the appliance he was driving collided with a two—ton truck [6] Fireman Jim Winton Wellington 5 November 1944 One of four firefighters overcome by carbon monoxide while fighting an industrial fire, and died in hospital four days later [6] Fireman Eric Bright Auckland 15 November 1943

  5. List of rail accidents in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Evening Post in Papers Past. 1941. 28 October 1940, Mercer, Auckland – The locomotive of an overnight Wellington to Auckland express jumped the rails on the approach to its destination; two killed, the driver & fireman; ten seriously injured. The driver was speeding over a tight (8.2 chain or 160 m radius) curve just south of Mercer.

  6. Transport in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    In 1910, it was noted in a discussion with the Minister of Railways that a fruit grower at Port Albert (near Wellsford, less than 150 km from Auckland) had found it cheaper to ship his canned fruit to Lyttelton in the South Island by boat, and thence back to Auckland again, rather than pay rail freight rates from nearby Wellsford to Auckland. [50]

  7. Transport in Auckland - Wikipedia

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    Transport in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city, is defined by factors that include the shape of the Auckland isthmus (with its harbours [1] creating chokepoints and long distances for land transport), the suburban character of much of the urban area, a history (since World War II) of focusing investment on roading projects rather than public transport, [2] and high car-ownership rates.

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  9. Auckland Transport - Wikipedia

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    Auckland Transport (AT) is the council-controlled organisation (CCO) of Auckland Council responsible for transport projects and services. It was established by section 38 of the Local Government (Auckland Council) Act 2009, and operates under that act and the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010.