Fifty-two passengers were trapped on an Auckland train for three hours without access to food or toilets after it struck an object on the tracks.
The city-bound train was halted at 8.40pm last night when the object, which Auckland Transport is yet to reveal more details about, badly damaged its undercarriage.
It could not be moved until 11.56pm when a second train arrived to pull it back to Meadowbank Station, a short distance away.
One commuter said at the time the initial crash was scary.