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.

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.

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.

The family of a young wheelchair-bound woman who was struck by a train in Auckland last week have praised those who put themselves in danger to save her life.

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.

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.

Marking 50 years of work at the Hillside foundry, Roger Parsons yesterday poured the last KiwiRail cast on site before heading to his local for a beer.

Auckland Transport has quietly dropped a controversial feature of its $2.86 billion underground rail project.

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

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.

Government suspected of blocking plans to build wagons in Dunedin.

A majority of Aucklanders want the Government to make a significant contribution to the $2.86 billion city rail link, a new poll shows.