Kiwi Rail Scenic Journeys

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Kiwi Rail Scenic Journeys is the name of a division of New Zealand's Kiwi Rail , which currently offers four long-distance train connections in New Zealand in 2017 . Since May 2017, the four offers have been marketed together with the Interislander ferry service under the umbrella brand The Great Journeys of New Zealand .

Coastal Pacific on the drive in Kaikoura

history

In 1993 the New Zealand government sold part of its privatization hype the state railway network and the railway operation including the Trajekts Wellington - Picton to an American consortium . After that went completely wrong, the government bought back the railway infrastructure in 2003 and took over the rail and ferry operations again on July 1, 2008. See here for details . Long-distance passenger rail transport , which is largely geared towards tourism, was organized in Tranz Scenic . Since 2012 this division has been known as Kiwi Rail Scenic Journeys .

Transport offer

Long-distance passenger transport connections

The route network with its thinned connections that has existed since the state buyback is currently in place in 2017 .

Current connections

line from to Connection frequency annotation
Capital Connection Palmerston North Wellington Monday - Friday
Northern Explorer Auckland Wellington Mon, Thu, Sat from Auckland, Tue, Fri, Sun from Wellington formerly: Overlander
TranzAlpine Christchurch Greymouth Every day
Coastal Pacific Christchurch Picton Every day

Discontinued connections

  • 1995 - Lynx Express: Picton - Christchurch
  • 2001 - Bay Express: Wellington - Napier
  • 2001 - Geyserland Express: Auckland - Rotorua
  • 2001 - Kaimai Express: Auckland - Tauranga
  • 2001 - Waikato Connection: Hamilton - Auckland
  • 2002 - Southerner : Christchurch - Dunedin - Invercargill
  • 2004 - Northerner : Auckland - Wellington (night connection)

See also

literature

  • Robin Bromby: Rails that built a nation: an encyclopedia of New Zealand railways . Grandham House Publishing, Wellington 2003, ISBN 1-86934-080-9 (English).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Great Journeys of New Zealand ”launched at TRENZ 2017. In: Kiwi Rail press release. May 11, 2017, accessed June 22, 2017 .

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