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Council announced new opening date of the park and ride scheme on August 3 2020, and an increased cost estimate of $ 29m, this was planned to coincide with the commencement of Te Huia services. The new station was built just south of the site of the original station. The March 2020 announcement also stated that the transit hub would have a rail platform, park and ride carpark, bus interchange, roading upgrades, passenger bridge and stairs. The council also highlighted a delay in lift installation was "due to international supply chain issues".
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announced funding for a passenger rail link between
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The original station was near the corner of what is now Tasman Rd and Te Kowhai Rd East. The wartime NZRAF stores base (now The Base) is at the foot of this 1961 picture. A locomotive appears to be shunting in the sidings. The new station is located slightly further south, along the
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has purchased land next to the carpark in order to allow for a potential carpark expansion, or another development. There have also been changes in the road layout around the hub, including the construction of a new road called
Kiriwai Drive, named after a local
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Hamilton started around 2007 in the Rotokauri Structure Plan and District Plan. Eventually, land was bought in 2017, and funding for the transport hub was announced in the 2018-2028 10 Year Plan.
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Rotokauri to be $ 21m, with $ 6.4m allowed to land purchasing. The plan was for an integrated transit hub in north Hamilton to connect with a proposed Hamilton to Auckland passenger train. These plans were dependent on
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1016:"EXTENSION OF THE RAILWAY TO HAMILTON. NEW ZEALAND HERALD"
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estimated the cost of a new station, park and ride and
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1576:Station information page on Te Huia website
1493:"New Zealand Herald Page 10 TRAINS COLLIDE"
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