Press Release – KiwiRail The main trunk line for New Zealand’s trains had to be closed for 24 hours after a truck hit a rail bridge near Taihape on Friday afternoon, forcing the cancellation of 11 trains and disrupting the national rail freight network. The incident is the …The main trunk line for New Zealand’s trains had to be closed for 24 hours after a truck hit a rail bridge near Taihape on Friday afternoon, forcing the cancellation of 11 trains and disrupting the national rail freight network. The incident is the latest in a string where vehicle drivers have misjudged the height of bridges and struck them, causing damage and train cancellations.