Comments on: How Could A Container Stop Auckland & The Trains?(Updated)

By: anthony

anthony — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:50:04 +0000

we are building tunnels, motorways, improved rail network and yet Auckland still has a falling apart power network,
if we have a massive failure in 5 years it will be twice the impact.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:45:25 +0000

I’m thinking that it might be a very good thing that we’re not due to get our fabled electric trains until 2013, because apparently it’s going to take that long for the geographically-diverse electrical link through to the Shore to be completed.
Once that’s in place it’ll be a matter of switching distribution paths to route power over the top and back down through West Auckland, but until then we’re at the mercy of a single link with a huge SPF at the Otahuhu substation.

By: James

James — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:43:34 +0000

How long had the backup been out for “maintenance”? I’d expect for something as vital as that it should number in the hours? But suspect it might’ve been a fair bit longer and “maintenance” is more like the Escalator at Britomart!

By: George Darroch

George Darroch — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:39:13 +0000

Shouldn’t they be doing that kind of thing only at non-critical times such as late at night, and public holidays?

By: kb

kb — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:30:44 +0000

Well normally there IS a backup – the other circuit which was out for maintenance.

By: Jeremy Harris

Jeremy Harris — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:18:13 +0000

I hadn’t thought about power cuts affecting electric trains before…