Four passenger trains leave Masterton for Wellington every morning– at 5:46am, 6:20am, 6:47am and 10:30am respectively and all return to Wairarapa in the afternoon and evening. Every day several log trains also travel to Wellington Port from an inland port at Waingawa, just south of Masterton.
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General secretary of the Rail and Maritime Transport Union Wayne Butson was confident staff and passengers were safe travelling through the Remutaka Tunnel. Metlink general manager Scott Gallacher said the first alarm was on 6.47am service on Monday which prompted the move to transporting passengers on buses for that service for the remainder of the week.