Veolia (New Zealand)

Veolia Transport Auckland Limited
Info
Owner	Veolia
Locale	Auckland Region, New Zealand
Transit type	Suburban rail
Number of lines	4
Number of stations	42
Headquarters	Auckland CBD, Auckland City
Operation
Began operation	2004
Technical
System length	120 km (75 mi)
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)

A Veolia ADL/ADC class DMU at Britomart Transport Centre.

Veolia Transport Auckland, formerly Connex Auckland Ltd, is a division of Australasia's largest passenger train company, French-owned Veolia. It runs Auckland's urban passenger trains under contract from Auckland Transport under their MAXX brand, on infrastructure owned and managed by KiwiRail. Auckland Transport receives funding to subsidise these services from the New Zealand Transport Agency, which receives funding from road user taxes and Crown appropriations, and from the Auckland Council through rates.

Operations

Network

See also: List of Auckland railway stations

Auckland

Auckland suburban rail network

Legend Waitakere Swanson Ranui Sturges Road Henderson Sunnyvale Glen Eden Fruitvale Road New Lynn Avondale Mount Albert Baldwin Avenue Morningside Kingsland Mount Eden Grafton Britomart Quay Park Junction The Strand Newmarket Junction Newmarket Orakei Remuera Meadowbank Greenlane Glen Innes Ellerslie Panmure Sylvia Park Onehunga Branch Penrose Te Papapa Onehunga Westfield Junction Westfield Otahuhu Middlemore Papatoetoe Puhinui Manukau Branch, opens 2010 Manukau Homai Manurewa Te Mahia Takanini Papakura Pukekohe

Veolia operates the following lines from Britomart:

• Eastern Line - along the North Island Main Trunk via Glen Innes, Manurewa and Papakura to Pukekohe;
• Southern Line - along the Auckland-Newmarket Line to Newmarket, then the North Auckland Line to Westfield and the North Island Main Trunk via Manurewa and Papakura to Pukekohe;
• Western Line - along the Auckland-Newmarket Line to Newmarket and the North Auckland Line via Henderson to Waitakere.
• Onehunga Line - follows the Southern Line (North Auckland Line) to Penrose then the Onehunga Branch to Onehunga

Rolling stock

Veolia operates the following rolling stock:-

• 9 ADK/ADB class two-car DMUs (ex Transperth), owned by ARTA, operated in pairs;
• 10 ADL/ADC class two-car DMUs (ex Transperth), owned by ARTA;
• 3 DBR class locomotives, owned by KiwiRail, operating in top-and-tail mode with one five-car SX set (ex Brisbane), owned by ARTA;
• 20 DC class locomotives, owned by KiwiRail, operating in push-pull mode with 20 sets of 3 or 4 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 ARTA.^[1]
• 4 DFT/DFB class locomotives, owned by KiwiRail. Used in a similar way to the DC class locomotives, using six-car sets (5x SA and 1x SD)

All rolling stock is in MAXX Blue livery, except DC 4104, DC 4346 and DCP 4818, which are in KiwiRail livery.

Rolling stock gallery

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  An ADL unit at Westfield station.

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  ADB 778 out of service at Papakura station.

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  DC 4254 on an SA/SD set at Papakura station.

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  DC 4369 on an SA/SD set at Newmarket, November 2006

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  DC 4409 with SA/SD set at Masterton during a test run, June 2008

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  DC 4409 with SA/SD set at Masterton during a test run, June 2008

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  DFB 7010 at Morningside station with a 6-car SA set

Previous operator

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

Since 2004:

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

See also

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

References

1. ^ "Ticket to Ride" e.nz magazine, July/August 2007 Volume 8/4, pages 24-28

External links

• Official Veolia Auckland Website
• MAXX