Grady Weatherley-Connell
@thegradyconnell.bsky.social
This profile contains transport ramblings and random odds and ends.
Author of @NZTransitBuzz.bsky.social
They/Them.
Currently of MediaWorks. Ex Today FM & Newshub.
Author of @NZTransitBuzz.bsky.social
They/Them.
Currently of MediaWorks. Ex Today FM & Newshub.
Not sure how useful this is on the bus if I’m being honest.
July 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Not sure how useful this is on the bus if I’m being honest.
The whole network might not be working but I can see things moving!
July 2, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The whole network might not be working but I can see things moving!
Finally completed and hung on the wall!
July 1, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Finally completed and hung on the wall!
A chance spotting of DL9383 as it passed its way though Morrinsville late this afternoon.
June 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
A chance spotting of DL9383 as it passed its way though Morrinsville late this afternoon.
A mixed bag of depot spotting this afternoon
June 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
A mixed bag of depot spotting this afternoon
Bye Eke Panuku
June 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Bye Eke Panuku
129 chugging along the North Auckland Line to Westfield this evening.
June 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
129 chugging along the North Auckland Line to Westfield this evening.
New livery, same bus.
June 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
New livery, same bus.
Quietly off into the night 🚌
June 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Quietly off into the night 🚌
Catching the ‘repowered’ bus (TR3501) this evening.
This bus was a diesel was converted to electric and had been operating in Wellington until recently when it was transferred to Auckland.
Despite getting a fresh livery it still has the Wellington moquette.
This bus was a diesel was converted to electric and had been operating in Wellington until recently when it was transferred to Auckland.
Despite getting a fresh livery it still has the Wellington moquette.
June 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Catching the ‘repowered’ bus (TR3501) this evening.
This bus was a diesel was converted to electric and had been operating in Wellington until recently when it was transferred to Auckland.
Despite getting a fresh livery it still has the Wellington moquette.
This bus was a diesel was converted to electric and had been operating in Wellington until recently when it was transferred to Auckland.
Despite getting a fresh livery it still has the Wellington moquette.
I think the time has come to replace our dishwasher.
The door won’t stay shut anymore.
The door won’t stay shut anymore.
June 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I think the time has come to replace our dishwasher.
The door won’t stay shut anymore.
The door won’t stay shut anymore.
A bunch of Bayes bois
June 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A bunch of Bayes bois
Also managed to grab all of the Rail Bus Hanovers in action today, fucked the Onehunga line one cause the bus was driving away.
June 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Also managed to grab all of the Rail Bus Hanovers in action today, fucked the Onehunga line one cause the bus was driving away.
Waka Pacific lives on baked into the side of 1402 which appears to be a parts bus, also spotted one of the Police wrapped buses and a few bubbles.
June 22, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Waka Pacific lives on baked into the side of 1402 which appears to be a parts bus, also spotted one of the Police wrapped buses and a few bubbles.
Well I can tick of having ridden a Volvo bubble bus.
Was surprised to see a 2+1 seating layout in the front half of the bus.
Was surprised to see a 2+1 seating layout in the front half of the bus.
June 22, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Well I can tick of having ridden a Volvo bubble bus.
Was surprised to see a 2+1 seating layout in the front half of the bus.
Was surprised to see a 2+1 seating layout in the front half of the bus.
I’ve got easy access to the Hanover in TR3562.
June 22, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I’ve got easy access to the Hanover in TR3562.
Not a lot of bus to salvage after NB4294 caught fire at the end of May.
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Not a lot of bus to salvage after NB4294 caught fire at the end of May.
Kinetic NZ owned 2024 Ford Transit in Westfield Newmarket Visitors Shuttle Livery.
Fleet no 3270.
Fleet no 3270.
June 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Kinetic NZ owned 2024 Ford Transit in Westfield Newmarket Visitors Shuttle Livery.
Fleet no 3270.
Fleet no 3270.
I think this sign is from somewhere between 2006 - 2008.
OnTrack was folded into KiwiRail in 2008 and the Western Line duplication and Henderson Station upgrade was completed in 2006.
OnTrack was folded into KiwiRail in 2008 and the Western Line duplication and Henderson Station upgrade was completed in 2006.
June 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
I think this sign is from somewhere between 2006 - 2008.
OnTrack was folded into KiwiRail in 2008 and the Western Line duplication and Henderson Station upgrade was completed in 2006.
OnTrack was folded into KiwiRail in 2008 and the Western Line duplication and Henderson Station upgrade was completed in 2006.
Do you think it will work?
June 20, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Do you think it will work?
Found these glasses in the bathroom at work, are they a vibe?
June 19, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Found these glasses in the bathroom at work, are they a vibe?
Afternoon update:
Construction crews have been on-site all day making the site safe and installing barbed wire on the upper carpark, security have also been doing rounds and crews have been constructing hoardings in front of all the main entrances.
Construction crews have been on-site all day making the site safe and installing barbed wire on the upper carpark, security have also been doing rounds and crews have been constructing hoardings in front of all the main entrances.
June 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Afternoon update:
Construction crews have been on-site all day making the site safe and installing barbed wire on the upper carpark, security have also been doing rounds and crews have been constructing hoardings in front of all the main entrances.
Construction crews have been on-site all day making the site safe and installing barbed wire on the upper carpark, security have also been doing rounds and crews have been constructing hoardings in front of all the main entrances.
The ‘Yes we are still open’ signs have been removed/covered over.
June 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The ‘Yes we are still open’ signs have been removed/covered over.