Correction

In Saturday’s Times-age, the front page story ‘Toxic tunnel: All gassed up and nowhere to go’ incorrectly stated Wairarapa’s train service had been replaced by buses on the weekend after a gas alarm was triggered.

This is incorrect.

The story also stated the line had been closed since Monday.

This is also incorrect.

Last Monday morning, a gas alarm was triggered in the Remutaka tunnel during the 6.47am service. This service was replaced by buses for the remainder of the week. Other services were unaffected. As stated in the story, Metlink plans to do precautionary testing from today until Friday, May 14.

As also stated in the story, this will involve closing off and monitoring the gas levels within the carriage closes to the locomotive on the 6.47am service.

Normal service will be resumed other than for the closed-off carriage.