Waikato Regional Council is bitterly disappointed that Te Huia trains are now forbidden from entering Auckland.
Transport agency Waka Kotahi has banned Te Huia from operating north of Papakura after train drivers twice ran red lights in the last three weeks.
The most serious was a driver ignoring a stop signal near Penrose which Waka Kotahi says could have resulted in the train crashing into another one.
Operator KiwiRail declined to come on the programme this morning.
Waikato Regional Councillor Angela Strange spoke to Charlotte Cook.
