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  •   Home > News > Living & Travel

    It remains to be seen how much covid-19 will impact the Hamilton to Auckland rail service

    It remains to be seen how much covid-19 will impact the Hamilton to Auckland rail service


    A tentative early-November start date has been marked, after initially plans to roll it out on August 3.

    The lockdown resulted in work on the Huntly and Rotokauri stations - as well as work on carriages in Lower Hutt - having to stop until restrictions eased during Levels three and two.

    However Waikato regional councillor Hugh Vercoe says before the pandemic, they were expecting high patronage.

    He says covid-19 has put a lot of question marks up in the air -- they note from the bus service around Waikato has dropped considerably.

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