A spokesperson for Fire and Emergency NZ said they were alerted to an incident involving a train near Khandallah at 7.10pm. Three appliances responded. <\/p>\n
They say there have been injuries, but referred further enquiries to Wellington Free Ambulance. <\/p>\n
All passengers made it off the train, with no need for extrications, the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n
Wellington Free Ambulance said that, as of 8pm, six units were at the scene. <\/p>\n
Six patients have been transported to Wellington City Hospital. They say four were taken in a minor condition and two in a serious condition.<\/p>\n
Wellington City Councillor Diane Calvert was at home when she heard \u201ca huge boom\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t sure what on earth what it was,\u201d said Calvert. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was like an earthquake but there was no shaking.\u201d<\/p>\n
She said the incident happened just after 7pm and understood a train had derailed.<\/p>\n
She said the region was experiencing some heavy rain, but not more than what had been occurring over the past few days.<\/p>\n
An AFP journalist at the scene said they saw the mangled train buckled over as workers surveyed the extent of the damage.<\/p>\n
Metlink\u2019s Senior Manager Operations, Paul Tawharu, said the cause of the incident is \u201cunknown at this stage and an investigation is underway\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy immediate thoughts are for the safety and well-being of the passengers and Metlink staff on board,\u201d Tawharu said. <\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d also like to thank the emergency responders for their fast and excellent response.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trains on the Johnsonville line will be replaced by buses until further notice, Metlink says, and passengers should expect delays.<\/p>\n
Police said earlier cordons \u201cfollowing a rail incident\u201d in Khandallah have now been lifted. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A spokesperson for Fire and Emergency NZ said they were alerted to an incident involving a train near…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,1558,235019,235018,19555,305,671,10933,129866,31388,15220,2510,3180,111,43,139,69,384,1321,18834,1961,11685,15900],"class_list":["post-463781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-been","tag-cashmere","tag-derailment","tag-evening","tag-have","tag-incident","tag-injured","tag-johnsonville","tag-khandallah","tag-line","tag-multiple","tag-near","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-people","tag-services","tag-suspended","tag-this","tag-train","tag-wellingtons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463781","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=463781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}