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Owner
  
Transdev Australasia

Number of stations
  
42

Track gauge
  
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

Founded
  
2004

Number of vehicles
  
67 train sets

Number of lines
  
4

Transit type
  
Suburban rail

Began operation
  
2004

Headquarters
  
Auckland, New Zealand

System length
  
120 km (75 mi)

Locale
  
Auckland

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Annual ridership
  
17.4 million (September 2016)

Parent organizations
  
Transdev Australasia, Veolia

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Transdev Auckland, formerly Veolia Transport Auckland, Ltd., and before that Connex Auckland, Ltd., is a Transdev Australasia company. It runs Auckland's urban passenger trains under contract from Auckland Transport on infrastructure owned and managed by KiwiRail. Auckland Transport receives funding to subsidise these services from the NZ Transport Agency, which receives funding from road user taxes and Crown appropriations, and from the Auckland Council through rates. Since July 2016 Wellington's commuter rail services are also operated by Transdev.

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History

The previous operator of the train network in Auckland was also Tranz Metro. When the Auckland Regional Council called for tenders for the new contract, Tranz Metro did not tender and Connex (later Transdev) won the tender.

In August 2013, the CEO of KiwiRail, Jim Quinn announced KiwiRail's intention to join bidding for the Auckland metro contract in 2016.

Since 2004 patronage has increased by 30% annually and on-time performance has increased from 50% to 85%.

Auckland

Transdev operates the following lines from Britomart (effective 12 March 2017):

  • Eastern Line services run along the North Island Main Trunk via Glen Innes to Puhinui, then diverge onto the Manukau Branch to the Manukau terminus.
  • Southern Line services run along the Newmarket Line to Newmarket, then the North Auckland Line to Westfield Junction (just north of Westfield - a station permanently closed since March 2017), and then the North Island Main Trunk to Papakura, with a diesel train shuttle service between Papakura and Pukekohe.
  • Western Line services run along the Newmarket Line to Newmarket, then the North Auckland Line via Henderson to Swanson.
  • Onehunga Line services run on the Newmarket Line to Newmarket station, then the North Auckland Line to Penrose where they diverge onto the Onehunga Branch to Onehunga.

    • Current

    Transdev operates the following rolling stock:

  • 57 AM three-car EMUs (built by CAF) running on all lines since full electrification in July 2015 (except Papakura - Pukekohe shuttle)
  • 10 ADL/ADC two-car DMUs (ex Transperth) owned by Auckland Transport

    • The AM class wear the Auckland Transport livery, and the ADL class wear the MAXX livery.

    Former

    Transdev operated the following rolling stock until full electrification in July 2015:

  • 20 DC locomotives owned by KiwiRail, operating in push-pull mode with 20 sets of three or four SA cars and an SD driving car with driving cab and remote controls (ex British Rail Mark 2 carriages rebuilt for suburban service), owned by Auckland Transport. The carriages are stored at Taumarunui and the locomotives have returned to KiwiRail.
  • 4 DFT/DFB locomotives owned by KiwiRail, operating in push-pull mode with six-car sets (five SA, one SD), now back with KiwiRail
  • 9 ADK/ADB two-car DMUs, in storage

    • All diesel rolling stock and locomotive-hauled carriage stock is in MAXX Blue livery, except four locomotives which were in KiwiRail livery.

    References

    Transdev Auckland Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA