Free Public Transport

Starting our journey at Pukekohe, we first catch a Pukekohe shuttle service to Papakura. Here, ADL 807 pulls into Pukekohe station after being brought out from the yard after replacing another unit

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At Papakura 5 minutes behind schedule, the rain sets in while ADL 807 sits at the dock in Papakura

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AM 212 sits in the rain delaying its departure for Britomart to allow late-running passengers from Pukekohe to connect

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With the rain now gone, AM 212 and AM 578 sit at Puhinui on a Southern Line service. With patronage expected to be higher than usual, all services on the Southern, Eastern and Western Lines were run by 6-car trains

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Heading towards Manukau, AM 415 arrives with a friend on an Eastern Line service. We aimed to pass through all stations on the Auckland network with this outing

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At Manukau, a sizeable crowd disembarks while another crowd of people board to head to Britomart

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After arrival at Britomart, Platform 3 becomes a hive of activity as passengers disembark and board

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Crowds of people pass through Britomart to catch trains, a significant proportion of them being new or infrequent users of public transport. According to Auckland mayor Phil Goff, the rail network saw 4 times as many passengers as a normal Sunday

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With all trains, buses and most ferries free for the entire day, huge crowds turned out to give public transport a go

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About to head out to Swanson, AM 443 waits at Platform 4 to run out west

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At Swanson, AM 580 and AM 443 wait for more passengers before running back to Britomart

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The sun sets over Swanson as AM 580 and AM 443 wait to depart

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Awaiting a signal to head back east to Britomart, AM 580 and AM 443 sit at Swanson

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After we travel back to Newmarket, we see AM 537 arriving at Platform 4 to head to Onehunga. For us, this will be the final line to travel before we hit all 40 stations on the network

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After arrival at Onehunga, we have now visited all stations on the network. AM 537 sits at Onehunga during its brief turnaround before heading back to Britomart

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At Penrose, we change to a Southern Line service to return home to Pukekohe. AM 537 stops at Platform 3 before continuing back north to Britomart

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AM 714 arriving at Penrose with a friend heading towards Papakura

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Back at Papakura AM 714 waits in the dark to run back north

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ADL 810 sits at Papakura Platform 4, waiting to take us back home to Pukekohe

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Back home at Pukekohe, we see ADL 810 during its turnaround

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