Public transport spine study

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Public transport spine study

The Wellington Public Transport Spine Study will be carried out from August 2011 through to early 2013. This study looks at the feasibility of options for a future high quality, high frequency public transport spine through central Wellington between the Wellington Railway Station and Newtown. The study timetable and study reports are provided below.

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Study reports

View the study reports and full appendices here. Some of these files are very large so may take time to download.
Please note: These reports document progress on the public transport spine study. They are interim reports, the work within which may be refined as the study progresses.
The reports are technical by nature and have not been written specifically for public consumption.  They have been released to allow interested stakeholders to follow the progress of the study.

Milestone 1:  

 Engagement Report

Main report (536KB)

Appendices A - E (1.6MB)

Appendices F - H  (1.4MB)

Inception and Scoping Report

Main report (937KB)

Appendices (2.6MB)

Milestone 2: International Review

Main report (829KB)

Appendices A (Glossary), B (Summary of responses to case study questions), D (References) (538KB)

Appendix C / 1  - Case Studies (4.3MB)

Appendix C / 2 - Case Studies  (6.3MB)

Milestone 3: Long list option evaluation

 Main report  (1.1MB)

Appendix B - Catchment area analysis  (2MB)

Appendix C - Modelling analysis   (0.5MB)

Appendix D - Recommended  option alignment by mode  (1.9MB)

Appendix A is an enormous file, containing large scale representations of the area route alignments in the main report.  

Please email us (details below) if  you have any queries about this.

 

Milestone 4: Medium list option evaluation

Main report (5MB)

 

Study timeline

The indicative timetable for key milestones of the study is:

Milestone Due date
1. Completion of inception and scoping phase February 2012
2. Completion of international review February 2012
3. Completion of long-list evaluation and identification of medium list April 2012
4. Completion of medium-list evaluation and identification of short- list June 2012
5. Completion of short-list evaluation May 2013
6. Completion of spine study May 2013

How to contact us

If you have a query regarding the Wellington Public Transport Spine Study, you can:

Email us or 

Phone  04 384 5708

Any queries for the study consultant should be directed to Greater Wellington in the first instance.