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RTSA Railway Professional of the Year Award – 2021 Nominations are now open!

17-Feb-2021

The RTSA Railway Professional of the Year Award is offered to a person aged 35 years or above, who has.. Read more…

RTSA NZ Chapter – 2020 End of Year Event and TrackSAFE Awards

07-Dec-2020

Thursday 3rd December was the RTSA NZ Chapter end of year function and AGM, it was held simultaneously in Wellington,.. Read more…

RTSA acknowledges recent passing of rail industry stalwart Ian Nibloe (1937-2020)

17-Jul-2020

The RTSA acknowledges the recent passing of Ian Nibloe, our inaugural National Secretary from 1998-2001. Ian had more than 40.. Read more…

RTSA 2020 Awards Winners Announced

16-Jul-2020

Congratulations to the RTSA 2020 award recipients announced at the special webinar on 15 July 2020.  Citations will be posted.. Read more…

RTSA NZ Introduction to Reliability Centred Maintenance Presentation

24-Sep-2019

Hi All. Thank you to everybody who made it to the presentation by Keith Ashington from Vitruvius. It was very.. Read more…

RTSA NZ South Island Rail Projects Presentation

12-Sep-2019

Hi All. Thank you to everybody who made it to the South Island Rail Projects Presentation that was held in.. Read more…

RTSA NZ Presentation World’s Longest and Heaviest Train by Trent Ludlow

08-Aug-2019

Hi All. Recently Trent Ludlow (KiwiRail) presented on his involvement in a project while working for BHP in Australia. The.. Read more…

RTSA NZ Chapter Cleaning the Otira Tunnel Presentation by Neil Mason

06-Aug-2019

Recently Neil Mason from Vitruvius presented on a large project that he helped drive, there was some international interest in.. Read more…

RTSA NZ Engineering New Zealand Technical Interest Group Launch

The RTSA in New Zealand recently held well attended events in Auckland and Wellington to celebrate the chapter becoming an.. Read more…

RTSA strengthens ties with Engineering NZ

28-Jun-2019

RTSA strengthens ties with Engineering New Zealand by becoming a technical group.  Here is the formal announcement by Engineering New.. Read more…

NZ Chapter – FIT Light Rail Presentation

09-Nov-2018

Dear Members, You are all welcome to attend the RTSA lunchtime presentation by FIT on the 25th November. The presentation by.. Read more…

NZ Chapter – Systems Thinking and Systems Engineering in Rail

30-Aug-2018

Dear members, Thanks for attending  Shaun Wilson’s presentation on ‘Systems Thinking and Systems Engineering in Rail’  presentation last week. His.. Read more…

NZ Chapter – ART IoT Presentation

17-Jun-2018

17-Jun-2018 Start date: 17-Jun-2018 End date: 17-Jun-2018 Dear members, last week’s Internet of Things (IoT) presentation from ART can be.. Read more…

NZ Chapter – Rhys Haward CORE Presentation

Start date: 17-Jun-2018 End date: 17-Jun-2018 Dear Members, Rhys Hayward’s presentation from May 17th can be downloaded from this link

NZ Chapter – Don Skerman – Advances in Testing of Rollingstock

19-Apr-2018

Start date: 19-Apr-2018 End date: 19-Apr-2018 Thanks to everyone who attended Don’s presentation on April 12. The slides from Don’s.. Read more…

Kaikoura Earthquake Transport Links Rebuild Forum- 13 March 2018

15-Apr-2018

Start date: 15-Apr-2018 End date: 15-Apr-2018 All, papers from the Kaikoura Earthquake Links Rebuild Forum hosted by Engineers New Zealand.. Read more…

NZ Chapter – Gold Coast Light Rail / Bombardier Presentation

14-Mar-2018

Start date: 14-Mar-2018 End date: 14-Mar-2018 Hi all, thanks to those who made it to the GC light rail presentation… Read more…

NZ Chapter – Making Mainline Derailments History

01-Nov-2017

Start date: 01-Nov-2017 End date: 01-Nov-2017 Thanks to those that attended Phillip Campbell’s ‘Making Mainline Derailments History’ talks in October – Phillip’s.. Read more…

Rob McAlpine – Advantages of Rail to NZ

12-Oct-2017

Start date: 12-Oct-2017 End date: 12-Oct-2017 All – thanks for attending Rob’s presentation. The slides from his presentation can be viewed.. Read more…

NZ Chapter – Grant Craig – Dunedin Railways

26-Sep-2017

Start date: 26-Sep-2017 End date: 26-Sep-2017 Hi everyone, Thanks to those for attending Grant Craig’s lunchtime presentation on the 16th.  Grant is Dunedin Railways’.. Read more…

NZ Chapter – State of the Art: Light Rail Technology

07-Aug-2017

Start date: 07-Aug-2017 End date: 07-Aug-2017 Our July Chapter meeting featured Scott Elaurant from Jacobs Transportation Consultants. Scott provided a.. Read more…

NZ Chapter – Richard Donaldson: Train Planning 101

19-Jul-2017

Start date: 19-Jul-2017 End date: 19-Jul-2017 Thanks to all who attended Richard’s presentation on Train Planning / Signalling 102 last.. Read more…

NZ Chapter – The Safety Liability for Road and Rail – Murray King

02-Jul-2017

Start date: 02-Jul-2017 End date: 02-Jul-2017 On Friday 30th June, the NZ chapter had its June event, the Safety Liability of.. Read more…

NZ chapter – Martinus Rail

08-Jun-2017

Start date: 08-Jun-2017 End date: 08-Jun-2017 The NZ Chapter’s first May presentation was from Mark Fulford of Martinus Rail, who.. Read more…

NZ Chapter – Tracksafe Level Crossing Tour

Start date: 08-Jun-2017 End date: 08-Jun-2017 A joint RTSA & IRSE lunchtime event was held on 31 May in Wellington.. Read more…

NZ Chapter – Alan Bannister (Transdev) Presentation

26-Apr-2017

Start date: 26-Apr-2017 End date: 26-Apr-2018 Thanks to all who attended the talk by Alan Bannister at the end of.. Read more…

NZ Chapter – George Erdos March Presentation

06-Apr-2017

Start date: 06-Apr-2017 End date: 06-Apr-2017 Thanks to everyone for coming to the presentation by George Erdos in March. Many.. Read more…

New Zealand Level Crossing Forum

18-Dec-2016

Start date: 30-Nov-2016 End date: 30-Nov-2016 The 30th November 2016, saw the RTSA/IRSE/Engineering New Zealand join forces and run a seminar.. Read more…

RTSA NZ Chapter – National Freight Demand Study

02-Jul-2014

26-Jul-2014 Start date: 02-Jul-2014 End date: 02-Jul-2014 Please find the link to Murray King’s presentation on the 2014 National Freight Demand Study.. Read more…