Tranz Metro is the suburban rail system in Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. It is part of Toll NZ. Reporting marks on two CP Rail covered hoppers passing Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, June 20, 2004. ... For the first Duke of Wellington, see Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. ... Johnsonville is a large suburb in northern Wellington, New Zealand. ... Paraparaumu Airport Paraparaumu is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. ... Upper Hutt is New Zealands smallest city by population, the second largest by land area and is located in the Wellington region of New Zealand. ... Melling is a suburb of Lower Hutt, to the north of Wellington in the North Island of New Zealand. ... Masterton is a town (and local government district) in the Wellington region of New Zealand. ... For the first Duke of Wellington, see Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. ... A Connex commuter train stands by the platform in Melbourne, Australia Regional rail systems, or commuter rail systems, usually provide a rail service through a central business district area into suburbs or other locations that draw large numbers of people on a daily basis. ... For the first Duke of Wellington, see Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. ... Toll NZ, formally Toll Holdings NZ Ltd (NZX: TRH), New Zealands largest transport company in terms of annual revenue and size, has its headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

History

Ownership

In the 1980s the Auckland and Wellington suburban rail networks were part of the government-owned New Zealand Railways Corporation, operating under the brand name Cityline, then CityRail. In 1993 New Zealand Rail Limited was privatised and renamed Tranz Rail in 1995, with CityRail rebranded Tranz Metro. Tranz Metro was created as a wholly-owned subsidiary limited liability company of Tranz Rail in 2003, which announced its intention to sell Tranz Metro. Stagecoach New Zealand and the Greater Wellington Regional Council announced their intention to bid for Tranz Metro; however both were barred by the Commerce Commission from doing so. In 2004 Toll Holdings of Australia bought a majority shareholding in Tranz Rail and renamed the company Toll NZ. Despite this renaming the Tranz Metro brand is still used. The New Zealand Railways Corporation (NZRC), trading as ONTRACK, is a State-Owned Enterprise charged with owning and maintaining New Zealands rail infrastructure. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Toll NZ Limited (Tranz Rail Holdings Limited until May 2004) is the parent company of New Zealands principal railways operator. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Stagecoach New Zealand is New Zealands largest bus company, operating in Auckland and Wellington, with a combined fleet of around 1,000 vehicles. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Toll Holdings is Australias largest transport company, with units or divisions in trucking, rail, sea and air transport. ... Toll NZ, formally Toll Holdings NZ Ltd (NZX: TRH), New Zealands largest transport company in terms of annual revenue and size, has its headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

Operations

In 1993 the Auckland Regional Council bought the Auckland CityRail fleet, contracting New Zealand Rail to run it 10 years. Tranz Rail did not bid for the contact when it expired in 2003, and these services are now operated by Veolia. Auckland is one of the 15 regions of New Zealand, named after Auckland City, the large city at its heart. ... Connex Auckland Limited runs the Suburban Train Network in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

The Wellington services are operated under contract to Greater Wellington Regional Council. It subsidises the operation and any capital improvements to the stations and rolling stock. Typically 60% of that subsidy comes from central government through its land transport funding agency, Land Transport New Zealand, which approves such funding after careful analysis of the economics and net benefits, the remainder coming from Greater Wellington. Public consultation in 2005-2006 has resulted in some changes of emphasis; the September 2006 fare rises and section changes were stated to be helping pay for a major upgrade of trains and facilities over the next few years in conjunction with regional bus service improvements. The Wellington region of New Zealand occupies the southern end of the North Island. ...

Services

Map of Tranz Metro operations.

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• Johnsonville — a narrow and winding route through the hills of the northern suburbs of Wellington. Built by the Wellington and Manawatu Railway, part of the North Island Main Trunk until bypassed in 1937 by the Tawa Flat deviation.
• Paraparaumu — along the North Island Main Trunk through Porirua.
• Hutt Valley — along the Wairarapa Line through Waterloo in Lower Hutt to Upper Hutt, the edge of the Wellington urban area.
• Melling — along the Wairarapa Line to Petone, then along the Hutt Valley's western edge. Part of the Wairarapa line until diverted in 1955 along the eastern side of the valley.
• Wairarapa — diesel-hauled along the Wairarapa Line to Masterton, the largest town in the Wairarapa. Limited stop until Upper Hutt; marketed as the Wairarapa Connection.

Until 2001, Tranz Metro operated the Capital Connection service between Palmerston North and Wellington. On the sale of 50% of Tranz Scenic to directors of the West Coast Railway it was transferred to Tranz Scenic, where it remains. Johnsonville is the name of some places in the United States: Johnsonville, Illinois Johnsonville, South Carolina Johnsonville Township, Minnesota And in New Zealand: Johnsonville, New Zealand This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Johnsonville branch line in Wellington, New Zealand runs from Wellington to the northern suburb of Johnsonville. ... The Wellington and Manawatu Railway (WMR) was a railway between Thorndon in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, and Longburn, near the town of Palmerston North, in the Manawatu. ... The NIMT is the railway line connecting Auckland and Wellington, the two major cities of New Zealands North Island. ... The Tawa Flat deviation is a double-track section of the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) just north of Wellington, New Zealand. ... The Paraparaumu Line is the name given to the electrified southern portion of the North Island Main Trunk Railway between New Zealands capital city, Wellington, and Paraparaumu on the Kapiti Coast. ... The NIMT is the railway line connecting Auckland and Wellington, the two major cities of New Zealands North Island. ... Porirua is a city in New Zealand, 20 km north of Wellington. ... The Hutt Valley Line, incorporating the former Hutt Valley Branch, is a section of the Wairarapa Line railway from Wellington to the Wairarapa by way of the Hutt Valley in the lower North Island of New Zealand. ... The Wairarapa line is a section of secondary railway line in the south-east of the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city Wellington with the Wairarapa region. ... Waterloo is a suburb east of Lower Hutt, Wellington. ... Lower Hutt is a city in the lower North Island of the country of New Zealand. ... Upper Hutt is New Zealands smallest city by population, the second largest by land area and is located in the Wellington region of New Zealand. ... Scenes from the 2006 Fair, Held 18 February. ... Masterton is a town (and local government district) in the Wellington region of New Zealand. ... The Wairarapa Connection is an interurban railway passenger service in New Zealand which operates between Masterton in the Wellington Region, connecting Wairarapa and Wellington. ... The Capital Connection is a long-distance commuter passenger service between Palmerston North and Wellington in New Zealand. ... Palmerston North (Māori: ) is the main city of the Manawatu-Wanganui region of the North Island of New Zealand. ... Toll NZ, properly Toll Consolidated NZ Ltd (NZX: TRH), is New Zealands largest transport company in terms of annual revenue and size. ... WCR S class diesel-electric locomotive at Warrnambool station, 2001 West Coast Railway was the trading name of The Victorian Railway Company Pty Ltd, a railway company operating in Victoria, Australia. ...

Motive power and rolling stock

A Tranz Metro EM class Ganz-MAVAG unit in service at Epuni

A Tranz Metro DM class English Electric unit at Melling

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Electric Multiple Units

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There are two types:

• 14 English Electric DM class units and 19 D class trailers, in two-car (Johnsonville) and three-car (Hutt Valley and Melling) sets;
• 44 Ganz-MAVAG EM class units and 44 ET class trailers, in two-car sets (not used on the Johnsonville Line).

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Carriage services

The Wairarapa Line is not electrified beyond Upper Hutt, and diesel-electric locomotives haul the Wairarapa Connection carriage trains. DC class locomotives have been used for this service since the late 1980s and DBR locomotives less frequently, and occasionally since the 1990s, members of the DX class. Rolling stock consists of former Second Class 56 ft steel long-distance carriages, most of them dating back to the late 1930s and early 1940s, which were also used on electric ED class or EW class locomotive-hauled suburban services prior to the introduction of the Ganz MAVAG EMU fleet. The Wairarapa line is a section of secondary railway line in the south-east of the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city Wellington with the Wairarapa region. ... Upper Hutt is New Zealands smallest city by population, the second largest by land area and is located in the Wellington region of New Zealand. ... The Wairarapa Connection is an interurban railway passenger service in New Zealand which operates between Masterton in the Wellington Region, connecting Wairarapa and Wellington. ... The NZR DC class locomotive is the most common class of locomotive on the New Zealand rail network. ... The NZR DB class is a group of diesel-electric locomotive built in 1965-1966 to operate on New Zealands national railway network. ... The General Electric DX class, consists of forty-nine locomotives built by General Electric of the United States between 1972 and 1975 for the then New Zealand Railways Department. ... The NZR EW class locomotive was a class of electric locomotive used in Wellington, New Zealand. ...

These cars seat 56 (passenger saloon only) or 47 (passenger saloon with luggage compartment at one end) passengers in two-person bench-type "Scarrett" seats.

Prior to the introduction of carriage trains, Wairarapa services had been operated by railcars since 1936, initially by the Wairarapa class and then 88 seaters from the mid-1950s. A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. ... The NZR RM class Wairarapa railcar (or Rimutaka railcar) was the first truly successful class of railcars to operate on New Zealands national rail network. ... The NZR88-seaters were a class of railcar used in New Zealand, aso known unofficially as articulateds, twinsets, Drewrys and Fiats. They were purchased to replace steam-hauled provincial passenger trains and mixed trains. ...

Future

New Carriages for the Wairarapa Connection

In 2006 Toll Rail's Hillside Engineering won the contract from Greater Wellington Regional Council to rebuild several sets of former British Rail Mark 2 carriages purchased some years ago by Toll's predecessor, Tranz Rail, to provide replacement rolling stock. On 14 May 2007, the first four of the 18 new carriages entered service, and as of October 2007, 12 are in use, providing a major upgrade to the comfort, safety and reliability of the Wairarapa service. Hillside Engineering Group is a engineering group based in Dunedin, New Zealand. ... The Wellington region of New Zealand occupies the southern end of the North Island. ... Mark 2A Tourist Standard Open (TSO) 5278 Melisande at Cheltenham Spa on 18th September 2004, whilst forming a charter service to Swindon. ... Toll NZ Limited (Tranz Rail Holdings Limited until May 2004) is the parent company of New Zealands principal railways operator. ... May 14 is the 134th day of the year (135th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...

New Electric Multiple Units

On 22 September 2006 Greater Wellington announced ^[1] that it would begin the tender process for 29 new electric multiple units (reported as 58 "electric carriages"), to replace the DM/D class English Electric EMUs by the year 2010. On 9 February 2007 Land Transport New Zealand announced funding for a further 12 ^[2], bringing the total rolling stock order up to 70 carriages, or 35 units. GWRC has formed a company to purchase the EMUs, known as Greater Wellington Rail Limited. A consortium of Rotem and Mitsui was announced as the preferred supplier in July 2007^[3]. is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Rotem is a South Korean company manufacturing rolling stock, defense products and plant equipment. ... Mitsui Group ) is one of the largest corporate conglomerates (Keiretsu) in Japan and one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world. ...

Western Corridor Transportation Study

Greater Wellington has undertaken a transportation study of the needs for the corridor from Wellington to its northern suburbs (including Johnsonville) and beyond. The initial submissions report ^[4] supports further investment in commuter rail transport, specifically in new rolling stock to replace the aging English Electric units. This investment is to be made within "the first ten years" of the plan set out in the report.

The Western Corridor Transportation Study recommended extensive upgrades of the passenger rail service between Wellington and the Kapiti Coast, including a possible extension of electrification to a new station at Lindale or Waikanae, extending the double track from Mackays Crossing to Raumati, a new station at Raumati, and additional rolling stock so that service frequencies could be increased to 15 minutes at peak times. Greater Wellington is currently planning with Tranz Metro how to deliver this given the available funding from Land Transport New Zealand, its own rates and expected fare revenue. Kapiti Island seen from Waikanae Beach, Kapiti Coast. ... Lindale is a locality just north of the Paraparaumu town centre in New Zealands Kapiti Coast district. ... Waikanae (pronounced Why-kah-nye) is a small town on New Zealands Kapiti Coast. ... Raumati is the name of two neighbouring places on the Kapiti Coast of New Zealands North Island. ...

In July 2007 the Greater Wellington Regional Council announced ^[5] that it would invest $500 million in rail transport over the proceeding five years. Projects include:

• $280m on new rolling stock
• $30m on station upgrades
• $180m on double tracking and electrification from the MacKay's Crossing to Waikanae

The GWRC and ONTRACK will be work together co-ordinates the projects, and provide progress reports to the council and the central Government. Waikanae (pronounced Why-kah-nye) is a small town on New Zealands Kapiti Coast. ... OnTrack is a Syracuse, New York commuter train line. ...

See also

• Rail transport in New Zealand
• Public transport in Wellington
• List of Wellington railway stations
• List of rapid transit systems

// National Rail Network The national rail network (currently owned by a State-Owned Enterprise, the New Zealand Railways Corporation) was constructed largely by government entities from 1863 onwards. ... Public transport in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is well developed compared to other parts of the country. ... This page lists all railway stations in Wellington used for passenger services. ... This is an alphabetical list of cities worldwide that have a rapid transit system, or a light-rail system with some elements of rapid transit. ...

External links

• Tranz Metro
• Toll NZ

References