Nearly $423.25m is being financed by the New Zealand Government for Wellington’s regional rail network. Credit: Nguyen / Unsplash. New Zealand state-owned enterprise KiwiRail has completed the first ...

Wellington commuters were treated to muffins and cake as they passed through Wellington Railway Station to mark the building’s 75th birthday. The Minister of Transport, Gerry Brownlee, also paid the ...

All Metlink rail services will be replaced by buses over Labour Weekend (25-27 October) while KiwiRail carries out planned ...

Most of Wellington’s metro trains use electricity to carry us backwards and forwards to our work, to town, to see our friends and go to a movie. Combined with our Auckland metro friends, that adds up ...

Thousands of passengers on Wellington’s Metlink service were disrupted after the KiwiRail incident in May. Credit: Molly NZ/Shutterstock.com. New Zealand’s state rail operator KiwiRail has committed ...

One of the world’s great scenic train trips has just become even better, following the introduction of KiwiRail’s brand new scenic carriages to the iconic TranzAlpine journey between Christchurch and ...

All Metlink train services between 8am and 6pm on Thursday are cancelled, following KiwiRail’s decision to close all Wellington train lines due to the Red Wind Warning issued by MetService ...

KiwiRail has settled with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard with a $144 million final payment following the cancellation of the Project iRex ferries. In a press statement, Rail Minister Winston Peters was highly ...

The tour is recommended for those who "enjoy free time to create their own adventure while having the structure of a guided expert".

New Zealand's state-owned KiwiRail has issued a request for proposal to find a preferred shipyard to build two new RoPax ferries for operator Interislander. The international tender follows a NZ$400 ...

KiwiRail has confirmed when its Interislander ferry, the Aratere, is expected to make its final sailing. The ferry will be retired when the Kaiārahi returns to service following scheduled dry-dock ...

The long-term decline of passenger rail and ferry services in New Zealand has been exposed following a series of recent breakdowns and disruptions in Auckland and Wellington and the near crippling of ...