Signal outage, Wellington Station, 27 March 2025
Status
Current
Occurrence Date
Jurisdiction
NZ
The Commission is investigating a rail signal outage that occurred on 27 March at about 06:00 in the approaches to Wellington Station. The reported circumstances were that a power supply interruption resulted in a loss of electrical power to the systems that control and operate signals. This caused significant service disruption, with multiple trains subject to diversion. Signal technicians attended to the fault and services resumed just before 08:00. However, services on the Kapiti, Melling and Hutt Valley Lines were again disrupted after 09:00. Full-service restoration was achieved just before 09:30. There were no reported incidents or accidents involving rail vehicles during this time.