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Frank Aickin
Francis William (Frank) Aickin (7 July 1894 – 23 July 1982) was the General Manager of New Zealand Railways from 1948 to 1951. He was born in Onehunga in 1894, where his father Thomas Aickin was the stationmaster. He was in the NZEF in World War I, having joined the Army as a 14 year trumpeter. He served at Gallipoli and Samoa (Army Reg No 4-66). He joined the NZR in 1911. He studied part-time at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW) for a law degree; and qualified as a lawyer. In World War II he was a Colonel in the NZEF 16th Railway Operating Company in the Middle East; later promoted to Major. As General Manager he advocated electrification, see Railway electrification in New Zealand, though some of his engineering staff disagreed with this emphasis. He was a qualified lawyer and had previously been Staff Superintendent and Chief Legal Advisor to the Department. His successor Horace Lusty favoured dieselification, except for the Wellington suburban network. Bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Railways Department
The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR (New Zealand Government Railways) and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway system. The Department was created in 1880 and was corporatised on 1 April 1982 into the New Zealand Railways Corporation. Originally, railway construction and operation took place under the auspices of the former provincial governments and some private railways, before all of the provincial operations came under the central Public Works Department. The role of operating the rail network was subsequently separated from that of the network's construction. From 1895 to 1993 there was a responsible Minister, the Minister of Railways. He was often also the Minister of Public Works. Apart from four brief experiments with independent boards, NZR remained under direct ministerial control for most of its history. History Originally, New Zea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria University Of Wellington
Victoria University of Wellington ( mi, Te Herenga Waka) is a university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand. The university is well known for its programmes in law, the humanities, and some scientific disciplines, and offers a broad range of other courses. Entry to all courses at first year is open, and entry to second year in some programmes (e.g. law, criminology, creative writing, architecture, engineering) is restricted. Victoria had the highest average research grade in the New Zealand Government's Performance Based Research Fund exercise in both 2012 and 2018, having been ranked 4th in 2006 and 3rd in 2003. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Electrification In New Zealand
Railway electrification in New Zealand consists of three separate electric systems, all on the North Island. Electrification was initially adopted by the New Zealand Railways for long tunnels; the Otira Tunnel, the Lyttelton Rail Tunnel and the two Tawa Tunnels of the Tawa Flat Deviation. Electrification of Wellington suburban services started with the Johnsonville Line and Kapiti Line out of Wellington from the 1930s. Auckland suburban services were electrified in 2014–2015. Electrification of long-distance services on the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT) dates from 1986. New long tunnels, for example the Rimutaka Tunnel and the Kaimai Tunnel, were operated by diesels, and the Otira and Lyttelton Tunnels have converted to diesel operation. From 1908 to 1953, there was an electrified mine railway from the Stockton mine on the West Coast of the South Island. Earlier NZR electrified routes from 1923 to the 1940s operated at , but the NIMT (1986) and Auckland suburban services ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
