Train Name |
Operator |
Train Endpoints |
First Run |
Last Run |
Bay Express |
New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic |
Wellington - Napier |
000000001989-01-01-00001989 |
000000002001-01-01-00002001 |
Blue Streak |
New Zealand Railways Department |
1968: Auckland - Hamilton, 1968-72: Auckland - Wellington, 1972-77: Wellington - New Plymouth |
000000001968-01-01-00001968 |
000000001977-01-01-00001977 |
Capital Connection |
New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Metro, Tranz Scenic |
Palmerston North - Wellington |
000000001991-01-01-00001991 |
present |
Culverden Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Christchurch - Culverden (later Parnassus) |
000000001886-01-01-00001886 |
000000001945-01-01-00001945? |
Daylight Limited |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Auckland |
000000001925-01-01-00001925 |
000000001963-01-01-00001963 |
Endeavour |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Napier (and for some years, Gisborne) |
000000001972-01-01-00001972 |
000000001989-01-01-00001989 |
Geyserland Express |
New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic |
Auckland - Rotorua |
000000001991-01-01-00001991 |
000000002001-01-01-00002001 |
Kaimai Express |
New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic |
Auckland - Tauranga |
000000001991-01-01-00001991 |
000000002001-01-01-00002001 |
Kingston Flyer |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Gore and Invercargill - Kingston |
000000001890-01-01-00001890s |
000000001957-01-01-00001957 |
Lynx Express |
Tranz Scenic |
Picton - Christchurch |
000000001994-01-01-00001994 |
000000001995-01-01-00001995 |
Napier Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Napier |
000000001891-01-01-00001891 |
000000001954-01-01-00001954 |
New Plymouth Express |
New Zealand Railways Department, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company |
Wellington - New Plymouth |
000000001886-01-01-00001886 |
000000001955-01-01-00001955 |
New Plymouth Night Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Auckland - New Plymouth |
000000001933-01-01-00001933 |
000000001983-01-01-00001983 |
Night Limited |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Auckland |
000000001924-01-01-00001924 |
000000001971-01-01-00001971 |
Northerner |
New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic |
Wellington - Auckland |
000000001975-01-01-00001975 |
000000002004-01-01-00002004 |
Northland Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Auckland - Opua |
000000001925-01-01-00001925 |
000000001956-01-01-00001956 |
Overlander |
New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic |
Wellington - Auckland |
000000001991-01-01-00001991 |
present |
Picton Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Christchurch - Picton |
000000001945-01-01-00001945 |
000000001956-01-01-00001956 |
Rotorua Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Auckland - Rotorua |
000000001894-01-01-00001894 |
000000001959-01-01-00001959 |
Scenic Daylight |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Auckland |
000000001963-01-01-00001963 |
000000001968-01-01-00001968 |
Seasider |
Taieri Gorge Railway |
Dunedin - Palmerston |
|
present |
Silver Fern |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Auckland |
000000001972-01-01-00001972 |
000000001991-01-01-00001991 |
Silver Star |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Auckland |
000000001971-01-01-00001971 |
000000001979-01-01-00001979 |
Southerner |
New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic |
Christchurch - Invercargill |
000000001970-01-01-00001970 |
000000002002-01-01-00002002 |
South Island Limited |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Christchurch - Invercargill |
000000001949-01-01-00001949 |
000000001970-01-01-00001970 |
Taieri Gorge Limited |
Dunedin Railways |
Dunedin - Middlemarch or Pukerangi |
|
present |
Seasider |
Dunedin Railways |
Dunedin - Palmerston |
|
present |
Taneatua Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Auckland - Taneatua |
000000001929-01-01-00001929 |
000000001959-01-01-00001959 |
Thames Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Auckland - Thames |
000000001908-01-01-00001908 |
000000001928-01-01-00001928 |
TranzAlpine |
New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic |
Christchurch - Greymouth |
000000001987-01-01-00001987 |
present |
TranzCoastal |
New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic |
Christchurch - Picton |
000000001988-01-01-00001988 |
present |
Waikato Connection |
Tranz Scenic |
Hamilton - Auckland |
000000002000-01-01-00002000 |
000000002001-01-01-00002001 |
Wairarapa Connection |
New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Metro |
Masterton - Wellington |
000000001964-01-01-00001964 |
present |
Wairarapa Mail |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Woodville |
000000001909-01-01-00001909 |
000000001948-01-01-00001948 |