Information from Auckland Transport
The Summer Rail Upgrades closure will enable a month of work on big programmes of work including the Rail Network Rebuild, the Level Crossing Removal Programme, and Henderson Station Upgrade. These upgrades are essential to running reliable, and frequent train services the City Rail Link (CRL) will bring in the second half of 2026.
Train services over summer:
Dates | Train Services |
27 December 2025 to 18 January 2026 | Full closure for all lines. |
19 January 2026 to 26 January 2026 | Limited train services resume:
Southern Line: trains running only between Newmarket and Puhinui, and to Manukau. Buses replace trains between Waitemata and Newmarket and Puhinui to Pukekohe. Eastern Line: trains running only between Otahuhu and Manukau and served by Southern Line trains. Buses replace trains between Waitemata and Otahuhu. Western Line: full line closure. Onehunga Line: normal train service resumes. |
27 January 2026 and 28 January 2026 | Full closure of all lines for 2026 CRL timetable testing. |
29 January 2026 | Rail network reopens. |
Alternative transport
As always, rail replacement buses will be available and customers with wheelchairs or mobility scooters that are too large to take on rail replacement buses will be able to book a free mobility taxi. Visit bus accessibility to find out more about this service.
Look ahead towards 2026
Further level crossing replacements, CRL testing and signalling upgrades will mean we need to close the network again in February 2026 (Waitangi weekend), a two-day partial closure in March, during some of the April school holidays and select days between 12-19 April for full CRL timetable testing.
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