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YouTube video by KiwiPlanner What Happened to New Zealand's Regional Rail Network?

Forgot to post lol but my new video is up. Looking at the (unfortunate) decline of Regional rail in New Zealand and the benefits and challenges of reinstating the network.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-Hc...

New Video out tomorrow 9am NZT. Looking at the (unfortunate) decline of Regional Rail in New Zealand.

'What the city needs': Council votes to notify housing plan change after showdown The showdown vote came after a marathon council hearing with some fiery exchanges.

Great news. We need more apartments around train stations particually for young people like me.

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/residenti...

Vlog's been delayed. Things have come up sadly. Should be out early next week though.

The vlog that'll be out this weekend is visiting every PT station in Auckland in a day.

Bring Back long-Distance Passenger Rail to Taranaki Restoring this vital rail link would benefit over 750,000 people by providing an affordable and accessible alternative to air travel and long-distance coaches, which older and disabled passengers ofte...

Good to see more support for Regional Rail in different parts of the country. Please sign and share this petition, its vital people have options to get around regionally.
Got a video on Regional Rail in NZ in the works currently.
our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/br...

Do have plans to do a video on Christchurch MRT (Metro Rapid Transit) but plan to do cover a few Auckland topics first. Christchurch MRT vid will probably be early to mid 2026 at the earilest.

Well overdue as well, its honestly very sad to see that there's not many inter-city trains in New Zealand today. Currently have a video on this topic in the works.

Greater Christchurch on track for ‘Events Express’ EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of people may be able to travel to major Christchurch events by train next year, The Press can reveal.

Great to hear.
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...

Auckland's rail map once CRL opens next year went up today.

Map is pretty confusing for the South-City line. It loops back and ends at Otahuhu but looking at this map you wouldn't think that's the case.

Plan to do a video on post CRL network early next year.

(Map by Auckland Transport)

I should start posting on Bluesky lol.

Anyway, if anyone sees this, I'm starting to edit my next video, hopefully out in the next week.

Appreciate you sharing my video Bike Auckland. Took a long time to make (at least 40 hours).

109 after a run of red arrows the last few gameweeks. Up to 64k.

88 with no Isak. Green arrow to 147k after a run of red arrows.