sentences:  The "Express"'s final run was on 6 February 1959 when a Friday service operated to Auckland.Three days later, a replacement railcar service began, utilising 88 seater railcars.The railcars ran every day except Sunday and completed the journey in 5 hours 10 minutes, but the 88 seaters were plagued by mechanical problems and last ran on 11 November 1968.