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Travelling during rail closures
Visit Train Line Status to see upcoming rail closures.
You can use Journey Planner and the AT Mobile app to find other ways to travel when trains are not running.
Rail replacement buses
We’re continuing to upgrade Auckland’s rail network. This means that there are times when trains won’t be running. During these rail closures, we’ll replace train services with buses.
Rail replacement buses show up in the AT mobile app as bus services (not trains) and use the following names:
RBE: Rail Bus Eastern
RBS: Rail Bus Southern
RBO: Rail Bus Ōnehunga 
RBW: Rail Bus Western
You can use all valid train tickets and passes to travel on rail replacement buses. Buses cannot carry bikes, scooters, or large personal items.
Find out more about buses replacing trains.
View train station maps and railbus stop locations.
About our rail maintenance work
Sometimes, we need to close rail lines to perform important maintenance work. This is so we can keep everyone safe.
We might need to:
- lift, repair or replace sections of the track
- shut down overhead power supplies for electric trains
- maintain structures like bridges, tunnels and platforms
- move equipment, tools and supplies across rail lines.
We try to do most of our work at night and schedule it for when the fewest passengers are traveling. But, sometimes, we have to do work during the day, as upgrades may be too unsafe to do in the dark or too noisy for people living nearby.
When we close rail services, we provide rail replacement buses so you can get where you need to go. These buses follow the same lines as the train services they’re replacing.
During the Summer Rail Upgrade, rail buses will not be stopping at Te Papapa and Meadowbank stations.
Learn more about the Rail Network Rebuild.
Information is correct at the time of publishing and subject to change.