Good afternoon Isaac

I'd like to acknowledge receipt of your official information request for information on KiwiRail’s upgrade of the Wellington Metro network.
We received your request on 27 November 2024, and will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 16 January 2025, i.e. the 20 working days after the day your request was received.
If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

I’ll be looking after your request, so any questions please get in touch with me at this email address, or on the number below.

Cheers
Dave

Dave Allard  | Senior Government Relations Advisor
DDI: 027 201 8182
Level 4, Wellington Railway Station, Bunny Street, Wellington 6011 | PO Box 593, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

www.kiwirail.co.nz

-----Original Message-----
From: Isaac Morrison <[FOI #29344 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2024 11:22 AM
To: KiwiRail <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Wellington Upgrades

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Dear KiwiRail,

I would like to make an OIA regarding information to the current progress, future work and estimated time of completion for the Wellington Upgrade Program and other associated developments.

Specifically what progress has been made in regard to the Wellington ETCS Program, removing the single track bottle neck Kāpiti line, the removal of temporary speed restrictions, and station access improvements.

Furthermore are there any plans to increase line speeds along sections of track where it is viable, to me there are several places were line speed could be improved. For example between Waikanae and Paraparaumu, or other places on the line, if not why not. I understand that increasing frequency is extremely important in attracting more riders at some point speed must be increased to make it more attractive, especially for trips between centers that are not the CBD. I have seen Kiwirail say that they will increase speed but never where or by how much. To me it seems like Kiwirail isn't all that interested as fright trains wouldn't be able to utilise such upgrades.

I look forward to your reply within the next 20 days.

Yours faithfully,

Isaac Morrison

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