A power failure on Auckland’s rail network has caused trains to come to a standstill and left rush-hour commuters stuck onboard and at stations.
A frustrated passenger, who did not want to be named, said his commute home had taken close to four hours, after first catching the train at Ellerslie at 3.45pm.
“It’s an absolute fiasco,” he said.
He had made it as far as Puhinui station after being told to get off at Penrose, busing to Middlemore and then catching a train that “randomly showed up”.
He said there has been very little communication with passengers by Auckland Transport, and some commuters had become enraged, yelling at anyone and everyone around them.
