• Homai Station Pedestrian Level Crossing Removal Webinar

    Overview Join the RTSA New Zealand Chapter online for a webinar on the successful delivery of the Homai Project and the innovative approaches undertaken around the design, planning and construction delivery.   🌏 Online via Webinar 📅 12:00-1:00pm NZST 15th April 2025  🎫 Register for the event below About the speakers Kris Gibson is the Delivery Manager-Level […]

  • KiwiRail Hillside Development Webinar

    Overview The Railway Technical Society of Australasia, invite you to join them for a presentation on the historic redevelopment of the historic KiwiRail Hillside site in Dunedin. The presentation will focus on the state of the site pre-funding, planning, demolition, land remediation, construction of a new mechanical workshop, office and networks workshop, construction of a […]

  • Innovations in Railway Asset Management Technologies

    The Railway Technical Society of Australia - New Zealand Chapter (RTSA) invite you to join this webinar on Innovations in Railway Asset Management Technologies presented by Prof. Hannes Gräbe. ⏰ 12 – 1pm NZST📅  Friday 27th June🌏  Online via Webinar🎫  Register for the event below Overview The future of railway infrastructure depends on how effectively […]

  • ETCS (European Train Control System) Lessons from Australia and New Zealand

    The RTSA New Zealand Chapter invite you to join this webinar presented by Doc Frank Heibel. Doc Frank will present several lessons gained from his own experience and market observations, providing attendees with a comprehensive perspective of the European Train Control System (ETCS) developments in our region. ⏰ 12 – 1pm NZST📅  Tuesday 1st July🌏  […]

  • City Rail Link delivery using alternative motive power webinar

    Overview The Railway Technical Society of Australasia - New Zealand Chapter, invite you to join them for a presentation on the delivery of welded rail to from Quay Park (Auckland) into the CRL tunnel at Maungawhau (Mt Eden) using an alternative motive power for the work train. 📅 12 – 1pm NZST Tuesday 15th July🌏 […]

  • Conference on Railway Excellence (CORE) 2025

    Kia Ora! We warmly invite you to join us in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), Aotearoa (New Zealand), for the Conference on Railway Excellence 2025 (CORE 2025), themed Kaitiaki – Guarding the Future, from 12-14 August at the Pullman Hotel, Auckland. CORE is Australasia’s premier railway engineering and technology conference, featuring over 80 peer-reviewed papers and international keynote […]

  • Drury and Paerātā Stations

     Overview Join the New Zealand Chapter of the Railway Technical Society of Australasia (RTSA) online for this webinar on Drury and Paerātā Stations. 📆  Thursday 30 October ⏰  12 – 1pm (NZDT) 🌏  Online 🎫  Register here Event Description KiwiRail are delivering a transformative expansion of Auckland’s southern rail corridor through the design and construction of […]

  • RTSA NZ Chapter online event – Rail Network ReBuild

    Join the RTSA NZ Chapter online for a presentation on the Rail Network ReBuild (RNR) project in Auckland Metro! 📆 Wednesday 26 November ⏰  2 – 1pm 🌏 Online 🎫 Register on the Engineering New Zealand website Presentation Overview The Rail Network ReBuild (RNR) project in Auckland Metro commenced in early 2020 under the banner of […]

  • RTSA NZ Chapter End of Year Event

    Please join the RTSA NZ Chapter for our end of year get together, including a presentation on KiwiRail’s strategic direction and what it means for rail professionals in New Zealand. There will also be an update on the Lower North Island Rail Integrated Mobility Project and the first Battery Electric Multiple Units in the Southern […]

  • IRSE Presidential Visit 2026

    Engineering New Zealand 40 Taranaki Street, Wellington, New Zealand

    The Railway Technical Society of Australasia – New Zealand Chapter, in collaboration with Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE), invites you to their upcoming April event featuring a presentation by Vinoth Rajamani on his engineering journey, followed by President Bogdan Godziejewski’s insights into Europe’s ETCS challenges. 📆 Date: Wednesday 1 April ⏰ Time: 5.30 – 7.30pm […]

  • Projected Climate Impacts on the Deterioration of Coastal Railway Bridges in New Zealand

    New Zealand’s coastal railway bridges are increasingly exposed to climate stressors due to climate change. This presentation links climate projections to material specific deterioration mechanisms and discuss how service life can reduce significantly, creating earlier and more frequent maintenance interventions and tougher planning decisions for network reliability. 📆 When: 14 April 2026 🕛 Time: 12 – […]

  • Mobile radio warning system: implementing a new era of track worker safety

    Join the RTSA New Zealand Chapter online for a presentation on Mobile radio warning system: implementing a new era of track worker safety. 📅  10:00-11:00 (AEST) / 12:00-1:00pm (NZST) Tuesday 26th May 🌏  Online 🎟️  Register for free on the Engineering New Zealand website: Mobile Radio Warning System: Implementing a New Era of Track Worker […]

  • Interoperability: New Standards for New Zealand Rail Vehicles

    Join us for this webinar to gain an overview of KiwiRail’s new standards for rail vehicle interoperability (M-ST-RS-8101, M-ST-RS-8102, and M-ST-RS-8103) that have been published in 2026 to replace NRSS/6. 📅  12:00-1:00pm (NZST) Tuesday 30th June 🌏  Online 🎟️  Register for free on the Engineering New Zealand website: Interoperability: New Standards for New Zealand Rail […]

  • Digital Twins in Motion: Powering KiwiRail’s New Track Evaluation Car

    KiwiRail is harnessing the power of Digital Twin technology to revolutionise track monitoring, join the RTSA New Zealand chapter online for a webinar on Digital Twins in Motion: Powering KiwiRail’s New Track Evaluation Car. 📅  12:00-1:00pm NZST Monday 27th July 🌏  Online 🎟️  Register on the Engineering New Zealand website: Digital Twins in Motion: Powering […]

  • Level Crossing Risk Management Guide V6: A summary of the significant changes

    Join the RTSA New Zealand Chapter online for a discussion on the new Level Crossing Risk Management Guide (LCRMG) V6 guide, developed collaboratively by the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), Local Roading Authorities and KiwiRail. 📅  12:00pm - 1:00pm Tuesday 11th August 🌏  Online 🎟️  Level Crossing Risk Management Guide V6: A summary of the […]