Wellington Train Crash: Answers Will Still Take Many More Months

Khandallah train passed red signal before hitting concrete

News from TAIC The Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has published an interim report as part of its ongoing investigation into an incident involving a passenger train on the Johnsonville line north of Wellington on 6 June. The two-car southbound train was departing from Khandallah Station at around 7:20pm when it was diverted on to […]

Wellington train crash: Answers will still take many more months

Investigators will not say for many more months why a train on Wellington's Johnsonville line ran a red light, resulting in a crash earlier this year.

Warning light flashed 15 minutes before Wellington train crashed into barrier

A two-car Matangi electric train crashed into a concrete stop block at Khandallah Station at 33kph after passing a red departure signal.

Transdev Wellington Train 9379 Signal passed at danger and collision with stop block Khandallah, 7.74 km Johnsonville Line 6 June 2026

Interim report shows train was diverted onto a runaway track at Khandallah Station and despite emergency braking hit the concrete stop block.