An Auckland business leader says nothing surprises him with the city's railway infrastructure, after trains were cancelled due to heat.  

Some Auckland train services were cancelled through yesterday afternoon and evening, including at peak hour.  

Kiwi Rail, which manages the tracks, blamed track temperatures, which reached 48 degrees in some places.  

Newmarket Business Association chief executive Mark Knoff-Thomas told Mike Hosking that there are other countries hotter than ours with working rail.  

He says southern Europe has an amazing railway network and is hotter than Auckland.  

Knoff-Thomas wonders if Kiwi Rail bought the tracks of Facebook Marketplace. 

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