Auckland commuters facing train service disruption
Auckland commuters on Tuesday morning are facing disruption to train services.
Photo:
RNZ / Nick Monro
Auckland commuters on Tuesday morning were facing disruption to train services.
Due to an infrastructure issue at Penrose, there were delays and cancellations on the Southern and Eastern train lines.
There were no services running through Newmarket on the Southern line.
All Southern line services were running via the Eastern line.
Onehunga line services were cancelled until further notice.
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