Bombings heighten Britomart caution

Rubbish bins were removed from Auckland's Britomart train station following the London bombings last week.

Transport centre management said the decision was not based on any particular advice or intelligence suggesting a threat to passenger safety.

Centre manager Ray Steele said the attacks in combination with the number of Lions supporters in the city prompted the move.

"The decision was mine, and there was no perceived threat. It was just another thing I didn't want to have the distraction of. Normally we would be going through the complex quite regularly.

"For the couple of days we had many, many people around it was just prudency on my part rather than anything else."

Mr Steele said other security measures had been taken but would not say what those measures were.

"It's just a case of being prudent. There's nothing which tells us we're under threat apart from what is happening overseas.

"The police would be in touch with me and I would be in touch with them on a regular basis, and there is no increased risk."

Mr Steele said several thousand people passed through Britomart on Saturday, when the Lions played their final test against the All Blacks at Eden Park.

"We would probably do something like this for most of the major events. If it was the Santa parade, I'm less likely to react that way."

The eight bins at the centre were put back on Monday.

Mr Steele said attacks on Auckland mosques last weekend had no impact on decisions at the centre.

Vandals smashed windows and doors of six mosques on Sunday in apparent reaction to the London blasts. Police are investigating.