New Zealand
Country details
Name: New Zealand
Official languages: English and Maori
Currency: New Zealand dollar (NZD); ($)
National railway system
KiwiRail operates both infrastructure and, as Great Journeys of New Zealand, long-distance passenger trains.
Other operators on KiwiRail infrastructure:
- Auckland area
- Auckland One Rail operate suburban rail services under contract to Auckland Transport (a division of Auckland Council)
- Te Huia: regional rail service between Hamilton (Frankton Junction) and Auckland
- Wellington area
- Transdev Wellington operate suburban rail services under contract to Greater Wellington Regional Council; all service information is at Metlink
- KiwiRail operate the Capital Connection regional rail service between Palmerston North and Wellington
Timetable information
- Great Journeys of New Zealand: website pages for individual routes show timetable details; there is no separate journey planner or downloadable timetable.
- Auckland Transport: journey planner (all modes); system map and downloadable timetables; service announcements (all modes); rail closures (planned engineering work)
- Te Huia: timetable (no separate journey planner or downloadable timetable); disruptions
- Metlink: journey planner (all modes); network maps; downloadable timetables are available but have to be found on pages for individual routes; train service alerts; buses replacing trains (planned engineering work)
- Capital Connection: timetable on the KiwiRail page
Printed timetables may be available as individual route leaflets for any of these services; information would be appreciated by the compilers.
Maps
Printed Maps
- Quail Map Company: New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas, 4th edition (ISBN: 0 900609 92 3) was published in 1993. It is now out of print but may be available second-hand.
Gauge
1067mm (3 feet 6 inches)
Electrification
25kV 50Hz between Hamilton and Palmerston North, on the North Island Main Trunk Line; and in the Auckland suburban area
1500V DC in the Wellington suburban area (the 1500V DC electrification between Arthur's Pass and Otira was taken out of use in 1997)
Rule of the road
Left
Other Railways
None
Metro
None
Trams
Christchurch - heritage/tourist service
