15 Nov 2023

Auckland Transport warns train users to expect delays after earlier break down

3:23 pm on 15 November 2023
The new Hamilton to Auckland passenger train service called Te Huia will start in early April 2021.

Auckland Transport is warning of delays after the Te Huia train from Hamilton broke down there earlier today. Photo: Supplied / Waikato Regional Council

Auckland Transport is warning train users to expect delays, after a train from Hamilton broke down in Auckland on Wednesday morning.

Forty-four passengers were stranded on the Te Huia train for several hours when it stopped between Parnell and Britomart because of a mechanical fault.

Auckland Transport said the train was blocking one of two tracks, causing delays and cancellations for services travelling through the Britomart station.

The passengers eventually got off at the Strand.

Trains have resumed, but services have not yet returned to regular schedules.