stricken ferry Kai\u0101rahi<\/a>.<\/p>\nKiwiRail spokesperson Taru Sawhney said the action was taken to ensure the part and a spare got here as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n
They will arrive on Friday afternoon, and there will be sea trials over the weekend.<\/p>\n
The Kai\u0101rahi has been out of service since Tuesday night because of a technical fault.<\/p>\n
An Interislander spokesperson said operating with one vessel was challenging, particularly during a busy period, but the company has managed it before.<\/p>\n
During this time, Interislander was prioritising urgent freight that could not travel across the Cook Strait any other way.<\/p>\n
Sawhney said around 1300 private vehicles were affected by the Kai\u0101rahi outage and those customers were being offered a full refund.<\/p>\n
A small number of people have taken up an offer by Interislander to move private vehicle bookings to a later date with a 50 percent discount off the advertised price.<\/p>\n
KiwiRail expects to have the Kai\u0101rahi sailing by next week.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a technical fault meant that Bluebridge’s Connemara ferry was also cancelled on Thursday and Friday. Its Picton-Wellington service was scheduled to return to service early on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n
“All customers affected by this cancellation have been automatically transferred to an alternative sailing and will receive an updated e-ticket with revised sailing and check-in time,” Bluebridge said on its website.<\/p>\n
“If your re-scheduled sailing time doesn’t suit your needs, standby lists will be operating from each direction for affected passengers across subsequent sailings.”<\/p>\n
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