Mt Smart Stadium

Auckland Transport says it is confident its bus drivers know they must accept an Elton John concert ticket as a fare when fans travel to this weekend's ...

* There will be no trains running on Saturday to take fans to the Elton John concert, but there will be buses. “This can sometimes be challenging for staff immediately after a concert, due to the volume of patrons leaving the venue, and staff take this concern into consideration.” “Police’s role is to monitor crowds and be on the watch for disorderly behaviour,” Wilson said in a statement. Ranginui said there were many “near misses” with “intoxicated people” walking in the middle of the road cars were trying to drive down, especially from cars who parked in businesses near the stadium. Ranginui suggested police should be helping to direct traffic, “considering the volume of people”. [swarmed out of Mt Smart at 10pm, when the concert had finished.](https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/300628399/red-hot-chili-peppers-coming-to-new-zealand-alongside-post-malone) The Stuff reporter who was physically moved by the bus driver after trying to use their concert ticket as a fare said “there should be a better system in place to make sure all of their bus drivers know”. “We are confident this won’t happen again as we have now updated the process of sending updates to the depots,” the spokesperson said. [The spokesperson said Auckland Transport](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/local-government/130671720/fare-rise-double-whammy-could-hit-auckland-public-transport-users) “will also be ensuring operators have information about special events way ahead of time”. “We need to be using these big events to be encouraging public transport.” Wood, appearing on Newshub’s AM show on Friday morning, said a social media post from AT on Thursday telling people the Penrose train station near Mt Smart was closed and that gig-goers should drive to the venue was “pretty weird”.