A young woman who happened to use a wheelchair was heading to work only to discover the hard way that the path was inaccessible.

A train driver who failed to stop at a red signal has caused delays on the western line of Auckland's rail service today.

The Government's transport safety regulator has finally decided to investigate the train accident that almost killed a young woman in a wheelchair on an Auckland level crossing.

The mother of a young woman who was hit by a train when her wheelchair got stuck at an Auckland railway crossing last month says people are culpable for the tragedy and should pay reparation.

KiwiRail is taking all the blame forlast month's tragic accident at Morningside - yet the company is a state-owned enterprise required to operate as a successful business.

Frustrated commuters are calling for a change in retail working hours after a motorway crash caused gridlock across Auckland.

Inner-city Auckland traffic was brought to a virtual standstill after a motorway crash - gridlock that the Automobile Association described as the worst it had seen.

Auckland Transport has been accused of failing to acknowledge long-held safety concerns of local politicians whose turf covers a railway crossing where a disabled woman was hit by a train.

The railway crossing which nearly claimed the life of a woman had been identified by authorities as a top priority for removal.

An advocate for disabled people says the Auckland train crossing where a wheelchair-bound woman nearly died was in "an appalling state" and has detailed another near-miss.

A wheelchair-bound woman who was hit by a freight train in Auckland remains in a critical condition following a desperate rescue attempt.

It looked look a simple task of helping a woman whose wheelchair was stuck on train tracks. But Matthieu Mereau was soon locked in a desperate struggle for her life and his own.

Cherie Howie takes in the Outback from the Indian Pacific train.

One of New Zealand's most enduring works of fiction is the Auckland rail timetable, writes Peter Lyons. I ventured back on to the trains last week after being banned several years ago.

Auckland Council's chief planner says he wants the inner-city rail link completed by 2021, despite the Government saying there is a stronger case for building it almost a decade later.

Up to 150 people walked into the hills flanking the Wharerata Hills south of Gisborne yesterday to pay homage to those who lost their lives working to give the region a railway link to Napier.

No one seems to doubt Auckland will need another harbour crossing to the North Shore within a generation.

More than 600 people have had their travel plans disrupted by a computer glitch on Interislander's trouble-plagued ferry Aratere today.

Editorial: The reactions of Len Brown and Gerry Brownlee when the City Centre Future Access Study was released made it seem barely conceivable they had read the same report.

A light rail network could link Wellington's CBD with the city's south and east.

Gerry Brownlee and Len Brown have clashed over a report recommending plans for Auckland's proposed rail link. Do we need it? Vote here.

Not even a $2.86 billion rail tunnel will stop morning traffic in downtown Auckland from grinding down to half its current speed within a decade, a study says.

The Transport Minister and the mayor of Auckland have clashed over a report recommending plans for the city's transport network.