Future speed of Te Huia
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From: Niall Robertson
Kia ora KiwiRail,
In the near future, Dfb locomotives will be withdrawn from the Te Huia Hamilton to Auckland train and replaced by DL class locomotives. Could you please tell if these locomotives will be hauling the train at 100kph or 80kph please?
Nga mihi nui,
Niall Robertson
The Rail Advocacy Institute of New Zealand (TRAINZ)
From: Dave Allard
KiwiRail
Good afternoon Niall
I am advised that there is some investigation work is being done to determine if DL locomotives can run this service at 100km/h.
However, it is possible that the 80km/h limit will remain in place.
There is a useful advantage though with the higher horsepower and therefore acceleration of the DL compared to Dfb, the comparison between a 100/80km/h is negligible and impact on the timetable has been deemed to be minimal - i.e. a few minutes in total transit time.
Kind regards
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
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