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Pink has wowed 45,000 fans��during the first of her two Auckland concerts at Eden Park last night, but the city’s train network has left some with a sour aftertaste.��

Fans have described leaving the concert as “absolute carnage” as they faced 40 minute-to-one-hour-long waits for trains on sardine-squeezed platforms.��

Photos and videos show large crowds stretching from the platform down staircases onto nearby streets.��

One concert-goer, who didn’t wish to be named, said it didn’t appear as though Auckland Transport put on extra train services.��

It did put on extra buses carrying people to Britomart, but the concert-goer said she had to get to Newmarket.��

She said she left the concert on a high, but when walking out to see a sea of people “totally jammed” in the tunnel to train platform, she just thought, “Oh my gosh”.��

“I would have thought the trains would have been ready to go,” she said.��

“There should be ... train after train trying to clear the backlog.”��

“I really thought that for such a huge concert like Pink they would have done something more to get everyone home.”��

The woman said she normally leaves before the end of concerts to beat the rush.��

“But in the last song in Pink’s concert, she actually flies around the stadium and you don’t want to miss that,” she said.��

Fans waited up to one hour to get onto trains, a concert-goer told the Herald. Photo / Supplied��

The woman said she used public transport to get to the concert and it worked well.��

She drove from Howick in East Auckland and parked at inner suburb Newmarket before catching a train to Eden Park.��

However, after the concert she posted on social media to friends coming from out of town to see Pink’s second concert tonight that they should avoid using public transport.��

“I like to think of myself as a good Auckland citizen,” she said.��

“And so I actually can’t believe I posted yesterday, saying ‘Don’t rely on public transport’.”��

She said another friend told her it took them two hours to get back to the city.��

They said the concert was “so good” but “oh my god, the transport was dire”.��

Pink performs at Eden Park last night. Photo / Carson Bluck��

They were up from Wellington and said Auckland’s trains made them appreciate how well the capital’s concourse and network flowed.��

Another friend told her they gave up and walked home instead, the woman said.��

“I’d hope that they take some learnings from last night and fix it for tonight, but I’m not holding my breath,” the woman said.��

Auckland Transport has been contacted for comment.��

Pink sizzled at Eden Park. Photo / Carson Bluck��

It comes as��Herald��reviewer Lillie Rohan raved about the concert��saying Australians showed they were crazy about Pink but that the Auckland crowd might just have outdone them in their enthusiasm.��

“It feels good here,” Pink told her nearly sold-out audience.��

“My cheeks are numb from smiling, I’m smiling way too much.��

Pink’s newest tour solidifies her spot as the artist who has played the most stadium concerts in Australia and New Zealand.��

“Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you,” she humbly repeated after playing her hit tunes��Raise Your Glass��and��Who Knew:��“Thank you guys for coming to play with us tonight.”��

Pink performs at Eden Park on March 8, 2023. Photo / Carson Bluck��