Train passengers on Auckland\u2019s South-City Line faced delays and cancellations this morning after a track issue near Papakura disrupted services.<\/p>\n
Auckland Transport (AT) issued an alert about the disruption at 7.27am, and it had been in place for about two hours by mid-morning.<\/p>\n
In an update, passengers were warned the track issues were ongoing and that trains were running about every 30 minutes on the line. <\/p>\n
The public transport agency urged passengers to \u201ccheck live departures or digital screens at stations before you board.\u201d <\/p>\n
The disruption came on the first Labour Weekend in five years that Aucklanders have been able to catch a train. AT and KiwiRail said on Wednesday that services would return for the long weekend, and on New Year\u2019s Eve for the first time since 2019.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s problems near Papakura come after the City Rail Link\u2019s underground stations in Central Auckland were shut twice in the past week.<\/p>\n
On Monday, a false fire alarm at Karanga-a-Hape Station closed stations on the City Rail Link and threw the network off schedule, with AT first alerting passengers at 6am.<\/p>\n
Delays hit again that afternoon due to a trespass incident near Waitemat\u0101.<\/p>\n
On Friday, AT said a ventilation system issue in the underground stations had been found during pre-service tests, and it had been resolved by 7.15am. <\/p>\n
Trains were initially unable to run through the CRL stations, and Te Waihorotiu and Karanga-a-Hape stations were closed<\/p>\n
At 10.54am the same day, AT warned of delays and cancellations on the South City and East West lines because of an incident at Papatoetoe Station.<\/p>\n
That afternoon, a woman died after being hit by a train at a rail crossing near Sturges Road Station in Henderson, West Auckland.<\/p>\n
The incident caused delays and cancellations on the East West Line. <\/p>\n
Trains ran only between Manukau and Henderson, skipping Sturges Road, Ranui and Swanson stations, while rail replacement buses ran between Henderson and Swanson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Train passengers on Auckland\u2019s South-City Line faced delays and cancellations this morning after a track issue near Papakura…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":640614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[51,138,111,139,69,112],"class_list":["post-640613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-auckland","tag-business","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640613","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=640613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/640614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}