But Sam Sood was uniform ready, gazing out the window at the shifting darkness. The electrician, who works in Papatoetoe, said he’d been waiting for a passenger train for 12 years.
Christel Yardley/Stuff
The Te Huia commuter train from Hamilton to Auckland launched for the first time on Tuesday morning. L-R Smriti Sharma and Arti Sharma with Jo Seton on the right. “When I came here from India years ago, the first thing I asked was can I take a train to Hamilton? “The lady looked at me and smiled, she said we don t do trains to Hamilton .” Sood said it was “about time” rail connected Auckland to one of its closest smaller cities.