Kia ora Patrick

 

This email acknowledges your below request for information made under the
Official Information Act 1982.

 

Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate section of Waka Kotahi
NZ Transport Agency for response. They will contact you if they require
clarification of your request, more time to respond, or if your request
has been transferred to another organisation to respond to. Unless more
time is required, Waka Kotahi will send a response to you within 20
working days of receiving your request – in this instance on or before 20
November 2023.

 

Lastly, the information you have requested may contain the names and
contact details of our staff. Please let us know whether you require these
names and contact details. We may need to consult our staff before
deciding whether we can release this information, and this may take a bit
more time. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that you do not
require staff names and contact details.

 

If you would like to discuss your request with Waka Kotahi, please contact
us by email at [1][NZTA request email].

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kôtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

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Kia ora Patrick

 

Transferring the request you made under the Official Information Act 1982

 

Thank you for your email below requesting information under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act).

The information you have requested is more closely connected with the
functions of KiwiRail than with Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.
Therefore, Waka Kotahi is transferring your request to KiwiRail under
section 14 of the Act.

The time limit for their response to you is 20 working days from 25
October 2023 so you can expect a response from KiwiRail on or before 22
November 2023.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kôtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

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Good morning Patrick

 

Please find our response below to your recent enquiry, transferred to
KiwiRail from NZTA.

 

The SRV cabs were built to internationally recognised crashworthiness
standards and have been maintained in good structural condition.

 

They are however lighter vehicles than the DFB locomotives and do not have
a short hood.

 

For this reason, speed restrictions have been adopted at certain level
crossings on the Te Huia route where KiwiRail’s assessment indicates large
road / farm vehicles may be present. This is a very conservative approach
to the push mode on Te Huia and is not strictly necessary.

 

The safety case for push pull operation on the Te Huia route has been
approved by the regulator, Waka Kotahi.

 

Kind regards

 

Dave

 

Dave Allard  | Senior Government Relations Advisor

DDI: 027 201 8182
Level 4, Wellington Railway Station, Bunny Street, Wellington 6011 | PO
Box 593, Wellington 6140, New Zealand

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Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2023 3:13 pm
To: Dave Allard <[email address]>; KiwiRail
<[email address]>
Subject: OIA-13912 NOTIFICATION OF TRANSFER

 

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Kia ora Dave

 

Thanks for confirming.

 

Through this email, we are formally transferring the request to you.

 

I have also attached a copy of our email to Patrick Dunford for your
information.

 

Ngâ mihi
Clarissa

 

Ministerial Services
Te Waka Kôtuia | Engagement & Partnerships
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency

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