Shutdown weekend

This weekend passenger trains stopped running to allow work to carry on at Papakura station and elsewhere on the network. (Other works include building a walkway along the railway at Orakei, finishing off the walkway between Meadowbank and Orakei stations in the Orakei Basin.)

A freight train waits to pass a signal just north of the station. A small section of track is missing on the other line

Overview of today's work, with a lot more machinery around

The station building's shelters are now missing completely on one side, presumably in preparation for shifting

A worker cuts off the shelters

Not quite sure what this is on the platform...

There's a lot more machinery here too

The station building looks a lot different without the shelters