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Farewell to a Friend
Otahuhu train station’s old free-standing signal box that has been a distinctive feature of its platform is no longer in use. As part of last weekend’s...
Rail Platform Extensions
Platform extensions are underway at several Southern Line stations. Greenlane Station is closed until May 1 and the platform extensions will be completed at the...
Middlemore Gets Rough Bargain
Auckland Transport says it is going to keep an eye on a train issue that is upsetting Middlemore out patients and the large staff there who use the trains. The trains...
Greenlane Station Closed For 2 Weeks
Greenlane train station will be closed between April 16 and May 1 while the platform extension work is carried out. Passengers who normally use this station will...
Baldwin Ave Re-opens: Photos
The new-look re-positioned Baldwin Ave train station in Mt Albert on the Western Line opened for business early this morning. Baldwin now has room for longer trains All...
Otahuhu Bus Station Cleanup
Otahuhu train station is some way of improvement but Auckland Transport is tackling the worrying Otahuhu bus station. Auckland Transport, NZ Bus (who operate the...
Is Greenlane The Worst?
No more major Auckland train station revamps are planned for at least a year. But if money could be found, which would be the most rundown station that you would...
2 Hurt in Otahuhu Bus Crash
Two people have sustained critical injuries in a crash tonight involving a bus and motor vehicle in Otahuhu. It has happened at the intersection of Mangere and...
Southern Line Confusion this Weekend
Buses are running instead of trains between shabby Otahuhu railway station (left) and Homai both days this weekend but the fact a different timetable is running...
Another disasterous trip: Latest excuse? “Oil on the tracks”
Southern Line reader Stacey tells us of the latest excuse for a disastrous train trip this morning - “oil on the tracks.” Once again the pattern...
Scary trip after train runs out of petrol!
Nicola emails about her scary trip on the train. Running out of diesel? What next! “I am disgusted by the Auckland train service. Not only are the trains late...
Southern services hit by a gas leak
Trains between Penrose and Otahuhu, and also between Glen Innes and Otahuhu, in both directions have stopped. You might have to look for other ways to get south This...
