night train in new zealand

[DEVILDREAD]

GUNS N' ROSES singer Axl Rose has given Auckland transport officials a good disaster planning workout ? trying to match ultra-late services to his erratic concert times.

Nervous about reports that the temperamental frontman has been leaving it until close to midnight before making stage appearances in Australia, the Auckland Regional Transport Authority has arranged for trains, ferries and buses to carry his fans home from Vector Arena well after the witching hour tonight (June 29) and tomorrow night (June 30).

Trains will leave Britomart in three directions between 1.55am and 2.05am on both nights, setting a record for Auckland suburban rail services.

A ferry will carry fans back to Devonport at 1.30am.

For those wanting to stay up even later, buses will drop fans off at bars and nightclubs along Queen St and Karangahape Rd.

Transport authority spokesman Sharon Hunter said it was no easy task trying to plan services for the veteran rockers' show, although her organisation had recently hired a special events coordinator with wide international experience for such occasions.

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[Rockin' Rose]

Wow, I raise my hat for the Auckland Regional Transport Authority

[Loaded NightraiN]

haha see how people cater to axl? 

[Rockin' Rose]

haha see how people cater to axl? 

At some places it actually is hard to get a ride home after midnight, specially in the summer time, happened to me last year

[Adam_Guill]

i usually just prefer getting drunk and passing out in the gutter of a strange neighborhood

[LunsJail]

haha see how people cater to axl??

That is amazing, not everyone can change a city's transportation schedule.

i usually just prefer getting drunk and passing out in the gutter of a strange neighborhood

That's the spirit

[Annie]

I am so impressed that they are doing that for GNR fans! AXL RULES!!!!!!!!!!!

[Loaded NightraiN]

haha see how people cater to axl??

At some places it actually is hard to get a ride home after midnight, specially in the summer time, happened to me last year

 I hear ya.. A buddy of mine took the train to a show... But it was memorial day so they couldent get back to their car miles away.. Luckily we went to the show and gave em a ride 

[sexkitten]

Wow! Cheers to Auckland!   Way to accomodate your peeps. 

I remember at the Hammersmith show, people had to sleep in streets and stuff because the tube stopped running at midnight. 

[Wando]

haha see how people cater to axl? 

At some places it actually is hard to get a ride home after midnight, specially in the summer time, happened to me last year

Same thing happened to me last summer. Ended up sleeping on a bus stop....

[LittleFly]

Wow! Cheers to Auckland! ? Way to accomodate your peeps.?

I remember at the Hammersmith show, people had to sleep in streets and stuff because the tube stopped running at midnight.?

Or in a waiting room underground somewhere waiting for the first train to Jersey in the morning   I didn't sleep much though, strange people around in the wee hours. 

[sexkitten]

Wow! Cheers to Auckland! ? Way to accomodate your peeps.?

I remember at the Hammersmith show, people had to sleep in streets and stuff because the tube stopped running at midnight.?

Or in a waiting room underground somewhere waiting for the first train to Jersey in the morning ? I didn't sleep much though, strange people around in the wee hours.?

Next time you can stay with me little fly. 

[John Galt]

Impressive - at Wembley last year as we walked out of the station to the arean before the concert, the station announcer was informaing "Guns n Roses  fans that the last train left the station that evening at 10:45", given that GnR on the Uk tour hit the stage between 10:30 and 11:00 most evenings we thought that very helpful.. typical London Underground...

To the tune of the Jams Going Underground...

"London Underground, London Underground, they're all useless, fucking greedy c**ts"...