New Zealand Rail Maps Project
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New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – December 2021
In the past month the key focus of the project has switched to updating Volumes 5 and 6 for the Volumes site, which will be revamped and launched under a new format on 1 January 2022. Volume 6 has received the higher priority because of the recent opening of the double track extension in the…
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New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – November 2021
This past month the focus has remained on Volume 2 (NIMT) which is a massive task, and with competing time demands since everyone is so busy at this time of the year, timeframes have been stretched out beyond what has been previously expected. However, a major reason in things slowing down this month was time…
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New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – October 2021
Good morning and welcome to the New Zealand Rail Maps project development report for October 2021. During the past month the main focus for the project has been on completing Volume 2, a very in depth process given the length of the most important of our main line corridors, between Auckland and Wellington. Sections finished…
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New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – September 2021
Good morning and welcome to the project development report for September 2021. In the past month, the main focus has shifted to the North Island Main Trunk volume, Volume 2. When this is completed it is expected to become the first volume that will appear on the NZ Rail Maps Volumes site. The Volumes site…
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New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – August 2021
Good evening and welcome to our Project Development Report for August 2021. In the past month the main areas worked on have been maps in the Picton Section (Main North Line), and recently work on the North Island Main Trunk in Palmerston North. The latter has considerable historical interest as the main trunk line used…
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New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report [2021D]
Good day and welcome to our project development report for July 2021. In future these reports may form the majority of blog posts. More frequent updates can generally be found on our Groups.io group, or on our Facebook page. Currently the main area of progress is in Volume 10 of the maps, where we are…
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NZ Rail Maps Volumes Site Development 2021-06
Since our last blog post some three weeks ago, the focus has been on creating various volumes with the intention of these being uploaded on the Volumes site. Work has been going on for Volume 10, as well as parts of Volume 11, the most notable latter example being the maps which have been created…
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New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report [2021C]
Good day and welcome to our third project development report for 2021. As the text below documents, project progress is being made on the Main North Line maps. The overall project since completing the first stage of the webmaps last month has shifted towards completing maps in various areas so that the webmaps can be…
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MNL: Wharanui To Ward
Since the closure has occurred of the Tar Barrel Tunnel (No.21), maps have been produced for the entire section from Wharanui to Ward. These incorporate a number of changes that have taken place in this section relating to: Wharanui, Mirza and Ward stations. Wharanui is now only a crossing station and the other two have…
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Kiwirail Announces Opening of Tunnel 21 Deviation
Today, 25 May 2021, Kiwirail has announced the opening of the deviation of the Main North Line at Tunnel 21 (Tar Barrel Tunnel) between Mirza and Wharanui. The part of the Main North Line between these locations was the historical Picton Section built in stages south from Picton between 1875 and 1915, and the railhead…