{"id":414397,"date":"2026-05-06T10:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/414397\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:33:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T10:33:13","slug":"aucklands-southern-line-train-services-cancelled-after-truck-hits-rail-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/414397\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland&#8217;s Southern Line train services cancelled after truck hits rail bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4JZJPJT_content_10_jfif\" width=\"1050\" height=\"592\" alt=\"An Auckland Transport-branded train at Britomart\/Waitemat\u0101 Station.\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nSouthern Line services have been cancelled after a truck hit a rail bridge.<br \/>\nPhoto: Dan Satherley \/ RNZ\n<\/p>\n<p>A rail bridge has been hit by a truck in Auckland on Wednesday afternoon, cancelling Southern Line services for commuters.<\/p>\n<p>Auckland Transport says Southern Line services are now running via the Eastern line between Waitemata and Otahuhu.<\/p>\n<p>It is warning commuters to expect delays and cancellations, and that buses will be accepting rail tickets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Southern Line services have been cancelled after a truck hit a rail bridge. Photo: Dan Satherley \/ RNZ&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":174801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-414397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-audio","tag-current-affairs","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}