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it had no timeframe for when that might happen. In April 2021 the
Kingston Flyer ran trains as part of Great Southern Train Tour, and in July the operation gained resource consent to operate. Initially the train will run only for group bookings during the 2021/2022 summer season, and will not run to a fixed schedule. Director of the Kingston Flyer Limited, Neville Simpson, stated that the train may run for the public on Sundays "as the engine's still warm."
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newspaper announced that the land of the
Kingston Flyer operation would be sold off for property development, but in early February 2018, it was reported that the new owners had "big plans" for the train. At the end of 2018, it was reported that a new operator planned to restart the service "within a
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On 23 February 2017 it was announced that the
Kingston Flyer and all associated land and buildings had been sold to a local consortium. Within two months it became apparent that the buyers were interested only in the land that the train runs on. Development West Coast said it was interested in buying
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December 2012 the Kingston Flyer was again suspended, due to the discovery of leaks in A 778's boiler and owner David Bryce's ongoing health problems. The train resumed operation once the extensive overhaul of A 795 was finished, and the business was once again put up for sale. As at December 2013
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Zealand Railways announced that it was going to recommence operating a service named the Kingston Flyer as a heritage service. The last use of steam on a regularly scheduled revenue service in New Zealand was on 26 October 1971, and the new Kingston Flyer began operating two months later
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The Flyer served
Kingston every weekday. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, it ran Kingston-Gore, where it connected with Main South Line expresses between Dunedin and Invercargill. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, it operated Kingston-Invercargill, using the length of the Kingston Branch. In the early
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class that headed the original Flyers, was based in
Kingston and operated services both by itself and together with the A engines. The locomotive was owned by the Waimea Plains Railway Trust and returned briefly during 2008-09 until the bankruptcy when it was recovered by the WPRT and moved to their
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In 1982, the
Kingston Flyer was returned by NZR to Kingston before the remaining line now part of the Mossburn Branch was closed and removed. The initial intention was to utilise the remaining 20 kilometres of track between Garston and Kingston, but the decision was made to end the line in Fairlight
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The Flyer also has a small collection of goods wagons, including three ballast wagons and an EP class plough van. The majority of the goods stock is used for Way and Works purposes, although there are three flat wagons used around the
Kingston locomotive depot for maintenance purposes, primarily to
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At the start of 2020, it was reported that the train would be back in service at some time during the year. In May 2020 the new owners stated that their intention to restore the service by Summer 2020. In
January 2021 the company applied for an operating consent to run trains again, but stated that
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Prudential blocked an initial offer by United States-based company Railmark to buy the operation for $ 2.25m, the insurers refusing to accept anything less than the whole debt being cleared. Invercargill-based enthusiast Karl Barkley formed the Kingston Flyer Steam Train Trust to preserve the Flyer
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In the 1930s, passenger numbers declined sharply and the Railways Department looked to cancel its services on the Kingston Branch. That occurred on 4 October 1937, bringing an end to the regular Flyers. Until 17 September 1945, an abbreviated service continued to operate across the Waimea Plain to
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An eighth carriage was added by Tranz Rail in 1999. 56-foot steel-panelled passenger carriage A 1958 (TMS A 56595), a former mainline passenger carriage, was transferred from the Tranz Scenic carriage pool to the Kingston Flyer to bolster capacity. That was the only new rolling stock to have been
486:. In late August 2009 it was announced that the train would not operate again in the foreseeable future as mounting debt had forced the operation to close. Kingston Acquisitions tried to sell the train in November 2008 to repay about $ 4.7 million to Christchurch-based finance company Prudential.
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for sale with a price of NZD$ 2.5 million. That included the locomotives, all land associated with the railway, including the Kingston and Fairlight stations, and parts of the Kingston wharf, and several other development sites in Kingston which were not related to the railway. The business was
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meant that the last Kingston to Invercargill flyer ran on 17 April 1979 and the damaged section of track in question was formally closed in November of that year. For the next three years, the Kingston Flyer operated from Invercargill to Bluff and Wairio, albeit less successfully.
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on 21 December. It utilised the section of the Kingston Branch between Lumsden and Kingston and proved wildly popular. From 1971 until 1979 it operated every summer through to the Easter holiday period and carried over 30,000 people annually. Flooding damage to the line between
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On 18 September 2022, a grand reopening was held for services to be run between Kingston and Fairlight on Sundays from September to June. The service is being run voluntarily by a team of experienced train enthusiasts directed by Neville Simpson.
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no offers had been accepted and the operation remained mothballed, the owner suggested that the Kingston Flyer could be put into a trust.
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In November 2008 the operation was offered for sale at $ 3 million as a
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The Kingston Flyer approaching the terminus at Fairlight, December 2000
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Rails that built a Nation: An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Railways
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of Thames. This duty had been filled since the 1990s by 0-6-0DM
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Kingston – Fairlight re-opened to summer season vintage trains.
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West Coast Historical and Mechanical Society (inc. Shantytown)
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1158:. The New Zealand Herald - nzherald.co.nz. 5 April 2017.
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In 2011 business was listed on the internet auction site
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that carried both passengers and freight had served the
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The Kingston Flyer has been operated since 1971 by two
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The Kingston Flyer was introduced in the late 1890s as
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The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey through History
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From 2000 until 2003, K 92, a preserved member of the
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Wellington Heritage Multiple Unit Preservation Trust
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New Zealand railway heritage and preservation groups
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Dunedin Railways (inc. Otago Excursion Train Trust)
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847:"Kingston Flyer sale 'not to fund Dunedin Hilton'"
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343:. The Kingston Branch ran north–south between
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1906:Long distance passenger trains of New Zealand
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267:. Originally, Kingston Flyer was a passenger
1469:Churchman, Geoffrey B; Hurst, Tony (2001) .
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1473:(Second ed.). Transpress New Zealand.
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875:Recent Developments Across the Tasman
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1188:. Dave Goosselink. 22 December 2017.
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1449:Leitch, David; Scott, Brian (1998).
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1525:Railway preservation in New Zealand
1269:"Flyer back in operation this year"
1218:. MediaWorks TV. 19 February 2018.
1059:"Flyer's owner mulls forming trust"
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1551:Rail Heritage Trust of New Zealand
1423:The Kingston Flyer line: a history
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1035:. 10 December 2012. Archived from
936:"Kingston: New life for old Flyer"
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999:"Kingston Flyer set to fly again"
975:. Blenheim: Fairfax New Zealand.
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1267:Williams, Guy (4 January 2020).
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775:"Kingston Flyer set for return?"
773:Guy Williams (15 January 2021).
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1572:Bay of Islands Vintage Railway
1453:. Wellington: Grantham House.
1406:. Wellington: Grantham House.
969:"New owner for Kingston Flyer"
967:Morton, Sam (11 August 2011).
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1465:(2nd edn; 1st edn 1995)
1377:"Public Train Schedule"
973:The Marlborough Express
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1801:Nelson Railway Society
1781:Lumsden Heritage Trust
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1402:Bromby, Robin (2003).
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2019:Geyserland Express
1931:Capital Connection
1701:SteamRail Wanganui
1696:Steam Incorporated
1635:Lower North Island
1592:Goldfields Railway
1565:Upper North Island
1330:New Zealand Herald
1243:"Full steam ahead"
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