End of the line for the trains that saved Auckland's rail network
Kia ora neighbours:
This weekend, the catalysts for Auckland’s rail revival will be feted in two days of events as they run for the last time between Papakura and Pukekohe, beyond the southern limit of the city’s electrified network.
Rail services will resume in about two years, once electrification has been built, with bus services providing the link during construction.
Auckland Transport said the farewell for the diesel units triggered a mix of emotions.
“We should be sad. It's a milestone – 30 years of these trains and a lot of Aucklanders grew up with them. That's how they commuted or went to school,” said John Nottage, communications led.
“But it also marks the entry of a new era and making sure that the people of Pukekohe and Papakura have new accessible, faster, quieter trains.”
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