Rugby World Cup

DC 4381 on a 3-car SA set at Westfield. Carriages have been taken off some SA sets to make up extra 6-car sets for the Rugby World Cup

9 September 2011

ADL 803 and ADL 810 join forces to run a regularly scheduled train to Pukekohe, returning to carry passengers to Britomart (and ultimately Eden Park) for the Rugby World Cup

9 September 2011

RM 24 runs a special train from Hamilton to Britomart carrying Waikato residents and tourists to the games

9 September 2011

RM 24 heads off into the distance towards Papakura and Britomart as the barrier arms raise

9 September 2011

SD 5624 on a "pocket rocket" 3-car SA at Britomart

14 September 2011

DFT 7051 at Britomart, pumping out more fumes than it should

14 September 2011

Staff inspect DFT 7051. The service it was allocated to was later cancelled due to a fault

14 September 2011

Excess fumes pouring out the top of DFT 7051. Passengers arriving on the platform had to hold their breath

14 September 2011

DFB 7186 sits at Papakura having begun temporary SA duties for the Rugby World Cup

22 September 2011

Looking side on at DFB 7186

22 September 2011

DC 4381 pushes three carriages out of Papakura station

22 September 2011

SD 5993 leads a rugby special train from Papakura direct to Kingsland for the Rugby World Cup final

23 October 2011

Not a common terminus: SD 5993 shows its destination as Kingsland, with the bottom line reading "All stops to Newmarket then Kingsland"

23 October 2011

Rugby fans wait at Papakura for their next train

23 October 2011

A rail replacement bus is on standby near the station in case anything goes wrong with the rail network. This was brought in after the opening night disaster

23 October 2011