when I was young I went on these ADL DMU's a lot andd I love them because they have comfy seats and they're a very comfortable ride. I want these DMU's to come back again in the future because they're my most favourite trains.

Cool video Callum, I will miss the ADL’s.

Ive never riden behind them but from watching old nz rail sence dvds they saved auckland passenger transport

Saw a consist of 2 sets of ADL units crossing Glenbrook Station Road at 8:00 this morning. By the evening, 4 sets were parked at the Glenbrook Vintage Railway station and sidings.

cool video, i filmed around the papakura side on friday

Rest Easy, You'll be missed.

these ADL class DMU's should start to be used on the auckland and hamilton route. They're so beautiful and I'm thinking about them.

so Perth dmus finally gone Fun fact they only spent 10 years in Perth after being replaced by the A series train after electrification

A decade ago with Auckland's railway electrification approaching; I wondered if these units could also be used to bring suburban rail back to another NZ city. Christchurch was the obvious candidate with its town centre (then) recently flattened by an earthquake, thus an opportunity to build a new railway terminus closer to the town centre than the old Moorhouse avenue site. But that was not to be; Christchurch let that one pass them by. But I think they still could've been used in Tauranga & western BOP, Dunedin or Waikato/Hamilton. But sadly none of that happened. With the units now approaching 40 years old; I expect they're too worn-out & had it to be used again for regular suburban services. Second hand DMU's with enough years left in them and in cape gauge aren't exactly anything that becomes available very often.

First and only DMU's that ran inside the Waitakere Tunnel and served Waitakere.

Thanks for a brilliant video, have any of them been preserved yet please?

Cool video, what will happen to them now they're officially retired though?

Shame I didn’t hear about them getting pulled out of service entirely until the day it happened. Hope some of them end up in preservation