And The Rail Failures Keep on Coming UPDATED

Written by Ben Ross - Talking Auckland

One service not running most of the week, Electric Train Disabled at Meadowbank

The disaster fortnight for the rail system (overseen by Auckland Transport) with the rail system keeps on going.

For most of the week the 3:18pm Britomart to Papakura via Newmarket service on the Southern Line has been cancelled owing to “train fault” with subsequent trains delayed over five minutes. The service is a diesel unit.

And for the electrics we have an EMU disabled at Meadowbank (Manukau Line) as I write this with a traction motor fault. Meaning it isn’t moving far fast.

UPDATE: Apparently the EMU 6 car set was disabled indeed and they had to do a full reboot of the computer system on the train before anything else could be attempted. it is not known if the Eastern Line is clear yet.

Just in from the Western Line a service was cancelled owing to a lack of a Train Manager.

This tops off a horrid fortnight for Auckland Transport and sadly passengers as well.

Wonder what next week will bring?

2 thoughts on “And The Rail Failures Keep on Coming UPDATED”

  2. Heard Leighton Smith this morning saying that Len Brown couldn’t run a toy train set – must say that sounds right on the mark!

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