Christmas Day Trains

For the first time ever, Auckland Transport has put on suburban trains on Christmas Day, running on an hourly timetable. Here, AM 659 near the end of a 45 minute turnaround waits to depart Papakura for Britomart

25 December 2015

At Westfield, AM 659 stops before passing through the junction. The train had a reasonable load by this point

25 December 2015

Although suburban trains are still running, few freight services are operating today. At Westfield, a smattering of locomotives of DH, DC and DFT classes wait out the day

25 December 2015

The six-car SX set stored at Westfield, having not carried a single passenger for the entire year

25 December 2015

A rake of IP wagons stabled at the south end of Westfield yard, waiting to head to Mission Bush

25 December 2015

AM 456 passes through Westfield on a run to Manukau

25 December 2015

TR 822 parked next to the significantly larger DC 4922 in a siding at Westfield. DC 4922 has not yet made a known appearance on freight trains

25 December 2015

DC 4260, DC 4939 and DC 4381 parked at Westfield, with DC 4536 and DC 4104 in the background

25 December 2015

ADB 776 and ADB 775 are stored at Westfield separated from their ADK motor carriages. The DMUs have been stripped of parts before heading to their new owners

25 December 2015

A metroport rake waits for a locomotive to take it south

25 December 2015

AM 578 arrives at Westfield on one of the hourly runs to Papakura

25 December 2015

AM 578 back at Papakura on Christmas Day. An hourly timetable is in place due to not enough staff volunteering to implement a full timetable

25 December 2015