Wellington Derailment

in General Trains by — February 1, 2011 at 4:28 pm | 3 comments

 

Passengers were kept on board a Wellington suburban train after it derailed at the Ngaio station on the Johnsonville line this afternoon.

15 passengers were kept on board the train until the overhead electricity was turned off. Only then were they allowed to disembark.

No one was injured. The cause of the derailment is still being investigated by KiwiRail.

Kiwirail says re-railing the English Electric unit unit will take some time so the Johnsonville line is closed meantime and all peak services on the line tonight are being replaced by buses.

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  1. Travis says:
    February 1, 2011 at 8:17 pm

    Wow I was at Caffe L’affare today and overheard I guy saying something about a derailment, odd how that happens.

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  3. anthony says:
    February 2, 2011 at 2:25 pm

    there is a good picture of the derailment on stuff

 

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