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Special transport for ANZAC Day
Special transport for ANZAC Day
Auckland Transport is putting on special early morning transport for people wanting to get to ANZAC Day 100-year commemorations on Saturday 25 April.
The main Dawn Service is at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in the Domain at 6am.
Bus
- A Saturday timetable will be in place for all bus services with additional Inner LINK and Northern Express services provided for the ANZAC Day Dawn service from 4:30am
- Inner LINK buses will operate approximately every 15 minutes (clockwise and anti-clockwise) from 4.45am to 6.30am. From 6.30am the services will operate to the normal Saturdaytimetable. These services operate to Auckland Museum in the Domain, linking Newmarket with additional rail services and Britomart for Northern Express and rail.
- Additional Northern Express services will operate from Albany to Britomart at 4.30am, 5.00, 5.30 and 6.00. The normal Saturday timetable resumes from 6.30am.
- If you have a Veteran’s SuperGold card, SuperGold card or RSA membership you can travel free all day on any Metrolink, Waka Pacific, North Star, GO WEST or any LINK bus.
Train
• One additional early morning train per line to Newmarket from:
- Swanson departing 4:15
- Papakura departing 4:07
- Manukau departing 4:05 (travels direct to Newmarket)
- Onehunga departing 4:15
- Britomart departing 4:50
- All timed to arrive at Newmarket before 5:00am.
• Western Line train services travel to Grafton station on Park Rd, which is a 10-15 minute walk to the Auckland Domain. For Southern/Eastern Line services the closest station to the Auckland Domain is the Newmarket station, which is a 15-20 minute walk to the Domain but remember you can take an Inner LINK bus from Newmarket or Britomart to the Domain.
Ferry
• A normal Saturday timetable will be in place for ferry services. Travel on all train and ferry services is free for SuperGold cardholders all day.
For full details of public transport on the day: https://at.govt.nz/about-us/campaigns/anzac-day/ and for more information about the Dawn Service: http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/whats-on/war-memorial/anzac-day-commemorations
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