1301:
352:, with the central government buying back the rail network outside of Auckland for $ 1 (the Auckland metro rail network had already been purchased by the government in 2001). The rail network then came under the New Zealand Railways Corporation (trading as ONTRACK). As part of this acquisition, Toll agreed to pay ONTRACK "Track Access Charges" (TACs) in exchange for exclusive network access for 66 years, subject to a "use it or lose it clause": if freight and passenger volumes fell below their 2002-2004 average for three or more years, Toll would lose its exclusive access. The agreement set a base track access fee but left future track access fees open to negotiation between ONTRACK and Toll. After several years of negotiations, the two parties could not come to an agreement on the amount that Toll should pay.
1589:
1049:
1417:
1533:
373:
1504:
1475:
1330:
361:
1359:
1446:
768:: KiwiRail serves a number of Inland Port yards, although does not own the tracks. These include Conlinxx (Wiri), Midland Port (Rolleston), Longburn International Freight Hub (Longburn, Palmerston North), Manawatu Inland Port (Palmerston North), MetroPort (Southdown in Auckland and Rolleston in Christchurch) and will include Ruakura (Hamilton) when it opens in 2019, and Ports of Auckland's site at Horotiu in Hamilton.
418:
1388:
188:
171:
154:
31:
1005:. This decision, or potential decision, has been seen by many New Zealand-based transport advocacy groups as an abandonment of interregional rail by KiwiRail. Campaign for Better Transport described it as the "latest stage in the decline of what was once an extensive passenger rail service which serviced most of New Zealand". An announcement is expected by July 2022.
655:
funding of the rail network through the
National Land Transport Fund, and charging rail operators to use the rail network via Track Access Charges. A number of other projects are proposed under the draft plan. They include a new train control centre in Auckland, replacing two Interislander ferries and rolling stock.
685:
allocated $ 661.5 million to KiwiRail, with $ 312.3 million for improving the national rail network and $ 349.2 million for completing the replacement of "ageing" locomotives and freight wagons, including up to 29 new light-duty locomotives. The total government investment increases to $ 8.6 billion.
626:
to refurbish 15 of the surviving 20 EF locomotives at the Hutt
Workshops extending the service life by 10 years for their continued use, in line with the Governments energy and emissions policies, and while the government is also actively considering extending the North Island electrification for the
439:
Reduce transit time and improve reliability along the route by easing curves, removing speed restrictions, greater investment in renewal of bridges and sleepers and passing loops. An express freight train journey between
Auckland and Wellington took thirteen and a half hours. KiwiRail aimed to reduce
1000:
In 2021, following a decline in tourism during the COVID-19 pandemic, KiwiRail announced the suspension of the
Coastal Pacific and Northern Explorer as part of Project Restart '22. While it is currently, as of January 2022, unclear what direction KiwiRail intends to take, Project Restart suggests a
699:
KiwiRail
Freight is the company's largest business unit, making up the majority of KiwiRail's revenue with $ 390 million in the financial year ended July 2016. In the same year, KiwiRail moved around 18 million tonnes of freight and carried about 16% of New Zealand's total freight task (tonnes-km).
425:
In 2010 KiwiRail released a 10-year turnaround plan and significant government investment in support of this in the years following. In support of the turn-around plan, from July 2008 to
December 2016 KiwiRail received over $ 2.1 billion of Crown investment, which was mostly spent on infrastructure
408:
In 2011, KiwiRail proposed splitting its land and rail corridor assets from its rail operation assets. On 27 June 2012 it was announced by the company that the value of the land and rail operations would be written down from NZ$ 7.8 billion to $ 1.3 billion, and KiwiRail would continue as the rail
654:
In 2019, the government began a "Future of Rail" review, and in
December 2019 released a draft New Zealand Rail Plan, outlining changes it proposed making to the rail transport industry and KiwiRail specifically. The draft plan proposes a number of major changes, the most significant being future
537:
The plan has had mixed success, with company
Chairman John Spencer stating in 2013 that for its first three years, rail freight revenue had increased by over 25%. Similar progress in attaining new customers and increasing freight volumes has been made over the life of the Plan to date (other than
618:
and for further locomotive and rolling stock purchases. As part of the
Turnaround Plan's agenda to standardise locomotives and wagons, in 2016 KiwiRail announced it would effectively switch off the NIMT electrification in late 2017 and replace the electric locomotives with an additional eight DL
391:
On 1 July 2008, the government announced the purchase for $ 690 million of Toll Rail, the rail and ferry assets of Toll NZ, but not its trucking operation, which continued under the Toll brand. The new company was named KiwiRail and launched on 1 October 2008 at a ceremony at
Wellington railway
296:
above-rail operations (having previously renationalised the network in 2004) and inter-island ferry operations, then owned by Toll Holdings. In 2021, the government launched the New Zealand Rail Plan, with funding for rail projects to come from the National Land Transport Fund (NLTF), and with
945:
KiwiRail is a major land owner in New Zealand, and manages over 18 thousand hectares of land, has in excess of 1,500 property assets with a combined value of over $ 965 million (Annual Report 2016). Increasingly, KiwiRail is pursuing a commercial approach to asset management, and in the 2016
993:, but was unsuccessful, and KiwiRail continues to run these services. The division is now experiencing rapid double-digit annual growth, due to the growth of Chinese tourism to New Zealand, so much so that KiwiRail in 2017 may purchase an additional eight carriages to the 17
613:
the government announced a further $ 450 million in capital funding for KiwiRail, and that the company's operations would be placed under another major review, believed to relate to future funding models. The $ 450 million was earmarked for repairs following the
530:, invested heavily in rail-related infrastructure in line with the Turnaround Plan. Mainfreight has allocated $ 60 million for investment in new railhead depots, while Fonterra has invested $ 130 million in a new rail hub complex in Hamilton and another in
2809:
395:
Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger became the first chair of the KiwiRail board, a position he held until 1 July 2010. Bolger's government had privatised New Zealand Rail Limited in 1993. A number of commentators, including
1115:
The Engineering division provides mechanical assistance to the Freight and Passenger businesses, as well as to Auckland Transport. Engineering maintains, refurbishes and occasionally builds rolling stock for the network.
722:. Formerly large scale freight types such as petroleum products have entirely been withdrawn, and fertilizer has almost disappeared. The freight trading revenue by sector, as per the December 2016 Half Year Report is:
2629:
2573:
827:. An additional 120 wagons were acquired in the year ending 2016, with over 1,000 new wagons added since 2008. One of KiwiRail's stated aims is to progressively move towards standardized wagons, with the container
816:
Key anchor customers include Fonterra, Westland Dairy Products (Rolleston and Hokitika), Bathurst resources and the various freight forwarders including Mainfreight and port companies including Port of Tauranga.
541:
Steady and at times rapid progress has been made on the enabling parts of the Turnaround Plan, such as new locomotives and wagons, lengthening of the rail ferry and track destressing, but not always effectively.
2751:
3090:
392:
station. The New Zealand Railways Corporation then owned both KiwiRail and ONTRACK, with both companies merging to create one company that controls both rail and ferry operations and rail infrastructure.
2688:
2986:
3263:
2799:
2310:
2365:
400:, view this as ironic. In response, Bolger acknowledged his involvement in privatising New Zealand Rail, remarking that "my life is full of ironies," and added that "the world has changed."
3328:
937:. In the financial year 2012, $ 123.9M of KiwiRail's revenue came from the Interislander, with the majority of the Interislander's revenue coming from rail and road freight transport.
429:
The focus of the Plan is to increase rail traffic volumes, revenue and productivity, modernise assets and separate out the commercial elements of the business from the non-commercial.
1028:
Suburban rail passenger operations in Auckland and Wellington are contracted by their respective local governments and not operated by KiwiRail. In Auckland rolling stock is owned by
2595:
2164:
2621:
2569:
3210:
3112:
2547:
2429:
2407:
2921:
2743:
2258:
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Hamilton to Auckland regional service. Twelve carriages are also being overhauled to replace the current S class carriages and will be deployed in two sets of six.
2465:
3082:
443:
Improve exit and entry from Auckland and Wellington with improvements at terminals and on main lines to reduce transit times and conflicts with commuter services
3358:
2017:
3059:
2655:
2111:
1146:
Most rail operations are a 'there and back' service with motive power being held in a few key strategic locations. Motive power stabling yards are as follows:
340:
was split off from the Railways Corporation (which continued to own the land beneath the rail network) in 1990, privatised in 1993 and then renamed in 1995 to
3236:
2841:
2870:
2190:
3715:
3444:
3294:
3148:
2678:
2993:
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2491:
2340:
3271:
2521:
3841:
3826:
3170:
1960:
2314:
3504:
2372:
3846:
3384:
2896:
2071:
2718:
1934:
2777:
986:. The passenger trains are predominantly patronised by tourists to NZ, with the exception of the Capital Connection, which is a commuter train.
3026:
1987:
1300:
3320:
593:
in 2015. This was the culmination of a downturn that had begun to appear in 2012â13: significantly less coal being moved from West Coast mines
466:
Increased renewals on "other key routes", including investment in sleeper replacement, bridge strengthening and track formation refurbishment.
2250:
1611:
Light shunting, positioned in smaller yards and leased to industrial customers. Forty-four scrapped, twenty-eight preserved and one stored.
1323:
Mainline diesel-electric. Fifty-two scrapped, six preserved, six sold overseas, 2 sold at auction and three stored. Sixteen classed as DCP.
409:
and ferry operator, while the New Zealand Railways Corporation would manage KiwiRail's land. The de-merger took effect on 31 December 2012.
1699:
2133:
3851:
3414:
2285:
3734:
561:, resulting in significant infrastructure damage and closure of the Christchurch to Picton line from November 2016 to 15 September 2017
2599:
2168:
3831:
3708:
1639:
1017:
had the contract to operate the Wellington services but lost a bid to renew this contract in 2015. KiwiRail is sub-contracted by
3466:
794:), Port Chalmers (containers), Southport (Bluff), Timaru, Port of Tauranga (Mt Maunganui and Sulphur Point), Ports of Auckland,
3821:
3760:
3724:
3202:
3119:
2543:
1335:
759:
623:
2433:
3539:
3588:
2397:
3701:
2928:
2714:
1627:
1037:
515:
2455:
1588:
751:
163:
2013:
1526:
Mainline diesel-electric. One scrapped, one stored, and two under overhaul. Sub-classes: DXB (14), DXC (32), DXR (2).
3350:
1123:
division on the market. and subsequently sold part of the division and transferred remaining work to Hutt workshops.
1073:
965:
922:
643:
3049:
2651:
2107:
1068:
The KiwiRail Infrastructure and Engineering division, formerly known as ONTRACK, has three main areas of operation:
3785:
3655:
3232:
2281:
1480:
1451:
1422:
755:
496:
333:
2866:
2834:
3650:
2197:
1594:
1562:
1538:
1509:
1393:
1364:
1306:
671:
572:
473:
329:
325:
3436:
3144:
1138:, along with a number of small wagon maintenance depots, for example, at Addington (Christchurch) and Frankton.
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2487:
2460:
1099:
2336:
710:
Timber and dairy products formed 60% of the tonnage moved in 2022. Bulk commodities include coal, logs, milk (
2513:
2223:
1902:
1678:
1635:
994:
877:
Midland Line: Bulk export coal from north of Westport and Reefton, coal containers for Fonterra, dry and wet
762:. In the South Island they are Blenheim, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill.
639:
381:
311:
281:
51:
3177:
1956:
925:
in 2017, The Interislander is the company's second largest business unit. It operates ferry services across
635:
554:
490:
41:
1352:
Mainline diesel-electric. Sub-classes: DFB (21) and DFT (9). Two under overhaul to DFB, and one scrapped.
1079:
Provides rail operators with access to the rail network in return for the payment of track access charges.
3836:
3496:
2800:"Budget 2021: KiwiRail the big transport winner with money for new locomotives and locally built wagons"
1439:
Light shunting. Thirty-four scrapped, two preserved, three stored and three owned by industrial owners.
615:
558:
3622:
3380:
3321:"Campaign for Better Transport Concerned About Project Restart '22 â The Campaign For Better Transport"
2892:
2082:
1643:
1265:
955:
799:
550:
377:
285:
213:
130:
2710:
1930:
2773:
1224:
1179:
666:$ 722.7 million to purchase new mainline locomotives, shunt locomotives and wagons. In October 2021,
597:
3018:
1991:
860:
Auckland â Christchurch: domestic general freight, mostly via 10 ft, 20 ft and 40 ft
3581:
990:
918:
881:
between Westland Dairy plants at Hokitika and Rolleston, export dry milk from Fonterra at Darfield.
590:
580:, leading to the mine's closure and the loss of revenue that had been anticipated from coal freight
577:
272:(SOE) responsible for rail operations in New Zealand and operates inter-island ferries. Trading as
1072:
Development, maintenance and operation of all of New Zealand's main-line rail infrastructure (see
3750:
1103:
682:
659:
610:
3800:
3054:
2804:
2228:
2137:
1416:
1189:
807:
631:
277:
269:
3406:
2744:"KiwiRail investment through Land Transport fund: government proposal 'historic' â chief exec"
1048:
510:
Clarify and assign costs associated with Auckland and Wellington metro services (resulting in
2514:"Engineer trapped in Kaikoura quake drives the first train into Christchurch as line reopens"
1203:
795:
545:
The 10 Year Turnaround Plan was quickly undermined by a series of adverse events, including:
2078:
1532:
1120:
1022:
968:
in 2017, it is the long-distance passenger transport subsidiary of KiwiRail, operating the
889:
861:
840:
803:
783:
88:
316:
Prior to the establishment of KiwiRail, rail transport in New Zealand has been under both
8:
3745:
3693:
3634:
3574:
2165:"Government purchase of rail business closed one rail history chapter and opened another"
1503:
1218:
1018:
1002:
865:
484:
372:
206:
2042:
1474:
1060:, Otago. Closest machine is a dynamic track stabiliser, followed by a Regulator, then a
824:
658:
On 17 March 2020 KiwiRail released a tender for the supply of new mainline locomotives.
1623:
1183:
1029:
844:
719:
675:
663:
3682:
3609:
3535:
3470:
3206:
2747:
2683:
2402:
2254:
1642:
in several configurations, the S class carriages for the Palmerston North-Wellington
1033:
970:
701:
564:
Lengthy severing of the rail ferry link between the North and South Islands when the
321:
297:
KiwiRail remaining an SOE but paying Track Access Charges (TACs) to use the network.
2570:"KiwiRail ignored advice when fitting failed Interislander ferry propeller â report"
1329:
3677:
3629:
1631:
317:
1555:
25 kV AC electric locomotives. Four stored, four scrapped and two under overhaul.
421:
A new DL class locomotive (9020), purchased as part of KiwiRail's turnaround plan.
3295:"KiwiRail suspends scenic trains until next year amid 'difficult' tourism market"
3086:
2625:
1742:
1208:
1102:: 95 km at 1.5 kV DC (Wellington area), 411 km at 25 kV 50 Hz AC (
1082:
Rail network controller, providing services such as train control and signalling.
1061:
1053:
982:
742:: KiwiRail has a total of 17 rail freight depots. In the North Island, these are
360:
3566:
3795:
1358:
1127:
848:
787:
743:
674:
for KiwiRail. Stadler Rail stated the contract was worth 228 million Euros, or
596:
Major rebuilding after fire damage and seven week closure of key freight route
502:
476:) (48 in service by 2017) and 3,000 new wagons (over 1,000 in service by 2017).
397:
293:
798:, Port of Napier and New Plymouth. KiwiRail also has a joint venture with the
3815:
1762:
1270:
The table below lists only the current locomotives in service with KiwiRail.
961:
912:
902:
Invercargill â Bluff: run as a 'shunt', sole freight is exports to Southport.
779:
345:
289:
221:
1445:
518:
and contracts for running services being made "contestable", as in Auckland.
344:. In 2004 Tranz Rail's rail, ferry and trucking operations were acquired by
3755:
3670:
3083:"Multimillion dollar inland port to bring jobs and products to the Waikato"
1580:
1240:
1231:
1057:
934:
930:
775:
667:
586:
619:
locomotives (additional to the 15 as reported in the 2016 Annual Report).
3665:
2311:"Positive growth continues alongside improvements to business capability"
1131:
1014:
976:
926:
885:
711:
622:
On 30 October 2018 that capital funding was made available to by the new
523:
511:
481:
Review of minor lines (close or mothball if no anchor customers emerge):
448:
384:
1723:
469:
Improved IT systems and processes, equipment and facilities at terminals
3780:
3660:
1213:
1135:
836:
828:
454:
436:"Step change" on the Auckland â Wellington â Christchurch trunk route:
365:
341:
337:
236:
180:
92:
1692:
Used on the Tranz Alpine, Coastal Pacific, Northern Explorer services
2774:"Expression of Interest â Supply of Mainline Locomotives to KiwiRail"
1174:
Some of the more prominent rail facilities used by KiwiRail include:
832:
387:. This was the first locomotive to be painted in the KiwiRail livery.
3561:
1622:
The majority of passenger carriages in New Zealand are now owned by
446:
Increase ferry rail-freight capacity by extending the length of the
380:
platform 9 on 1 October 2008, at the official launch of KiwiRail by
3775:
1646:
and the SR class carriages, which KiwiRail owns and leases for the
1244:
1199:
1021:
to provide and operate the diesel locomotives required to haul the
527:
2835:"Stadler and KiwiRail sign a contract for 57 mainline locomotives"
3790:
2679:"KiwiRail freight plans complement city and transport investment"
1752:
1647:
1387:
1248:
1195:
747:
531:
417:
349:
62:
1221:, Marlborough (solely used for marshaling wagons for rail ferry)
646:, following a $ 40 million allocation to KiwiRail from the PGF.
30:
3770:
2251:"No ulterior motive to sell off land or business says KiwiRail"
946:
financial year received over $ 18 million from property sales.
831:
being overwhelmingly the dominant type (carrying curtain sided
3556:
1866:
Chief General Counsel, Company Secretary and Property Officer
1638:
for long-distance passenger trains and heavily rebuilt former
609:
Partially as a response to the events outlined above, in the
250:
3050:"Ruakura inland port jigsaw puzzle coming together, slowly"
896:
878:
871:
Auckland â Tauranga: Containerized and bulk export products
791:
715:
700:
Traffic grew from 2017 to 2019, dropped sharply during the
368:
at a press conference at the launch of KiwiRail, July 2008.
3723:
3258:
3256:
3254:
2957:"Te Kawe Rawa me ngÄ Whakaritenga | Freight and logistics"
644:
road, rail and air distribution centre in Palmerston North
3251:
1634:. KiwiRail operates a small fleet of New Zealand built
1040:
which has contracted operation to Transdev Wellington.
874:
Kinleith/Murapara â Mount Maunganui: wood products only
463:
Improve reliability, capacity and enabling investment:
1713:
Used on Te Huia service, Capital Connection services
1043:
3532:
KiwiRail Locomotive and Rolling Stock Register â 2011
3477:
3264:"Northern Explorer & Coastal Pacific Restart '22"
2979:
1842:
Chief Capital Planning and Asset Development Officer
634:(PGF). In 2019 KiwiRail signed an agreement with the
604:
292:. The company was formed in 2008 when the government
3534:. Mosgiel, New Zealand: Triple M Productions. 2011.
2916:
2914:
2670:
847:
is progressively being replaced with semi-automatic
3381:"Companies Office â ONTRACK Infrastructure Limited"
403:
284:. KiwiRail has business units of KiwiRail Freight,
2829:
2827:
2776:. Government Electronic Tender Service. May 2020.
2215:
1982:
1980:
1978:
3596:
3467:"KiwiRail Putting Hillside Workshops Up for sale"
2911:
1710:SR x6 seat 50, SRC x3 seat 20 and SRV x3 seat 38
843:and so on to meet almost all freight tasks). The
3813:
3203:"Opposition parties criticise TranzScenic plans"
3163:
3105:
2859:
2398:"KiwiRail Orders Another 20 Chinese Locomotives"
1925:
1923:
1036:, while in Wellington rolling stock is owned by
718:), IMEX (import/export intermodal) and domestic
2867:"New locomotives to replace South Island fleet"
2824:
2360:
2358:
1975:
1119:In 2012, KiwiRail announced it was putting its
1086:The network it is responsible for consists of:
670:announced it had won the contract to supply 57
589:, the largest NZ coal mining company, entering
16:New Zealand state-owned rail and ferry operator
1254:
1090:Route length: 3,898 kilometres (2,422 mi)
571:Significant and lengthy problems with the new
3709:
3582:
3351:"Half-million dollar rail project at Waitati"
2676:
2221:
2006:
1920:
949:
324:ownership. Government operators included the
3080:
2544:"Ferry out of action after losing propeller"
2355:
2313:. KiwiRail. 28 February 2013. Archived from
2279:
1178:Westfield, Auckland (adjacent to the closed
355:
3233:"KiwiRail may spend $ 50M on new carriages"
2738:
2736:
2488:"KiwiRail growth momentum 'still on track'"
2430:"KiwiRail to mothball Napier-Gisborne Line"
2305:
2303:
1949:
1052:KiwiRail Network replacing sleepers on the
1001:shift to multi-day land-cruises, a form of
276:and headquartered at 604 Great South Road,
3735:public sector organisations in New Zealand
3716:
3702:
3589:
3575:
3047:
2432:. KiwiRail. 2 October 2012. Archived from
2159:
2157:
2155:
1957:"David McLean appointed as KiwiRail chair"
1874:Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer
884:Edendale â Taieri â Port Chalmers: export
689:
630:KiwiRail has made use of the Government's
412:
29:
3842:New Zealand companies established in 2008
3827:Government-owned companies of New Zealand
3292:
2273:
940:
3530:
3483:
2893:"Budget 2022 continues KiwiRail rebuild"
2733:
2366:"Overview of KiwiRail's turnaround plan"
2300:
1858:Chief People and Communications Officer
1047:
649:
432:The plan included the following points:
416:
371:
359:
3847:Transport companies established in 2008
3293:Guildford, Jonathan (8 December 2021).
2152:
2100:
2014:"KiwiRail Half Year Report 31 Dec 2020"
1719:
1169:
3814:
3761:Electricity Corporation of New Zealand
3725:State-owned enterprises of New Zealand
2576:from the original on 17 September 2017
2550:from the original on 17 September 2017
2524:from the original on 16 September 2017
2371:. KiwiRail. 5 May 2010. Archived from
2066:
2064:
282:rail transport operator in New Zealand
3697:
3570:
3507:from the original on 10 February 2023
3387:from the original on 29 February 2012
2967:from the original on 19 February 2023
2951:
2949:
2754:from the original on 15 December 2019
2654:. Scoop Parliament. 30 October 2018.
2632:from the original on 8 September 2017
2114:from the original on 18 February 2019
1963:from the original on 10 February 2023
1937:from the original on 10 February 2023
3459:
3361:from the original on 12 October 2012
3331:from the original on 30 January 2022
3318:
2873:from the original on 11 October 2021
2847:from the original on 11 October 2021
2812:from the original on 10 October 2021
2780:from the original on 10 October 2021
2494:from the original on 29 October 2013
2468:from the original on 21 October 2012
2456:"KiwiRail survival plan is on track"
2410:from the original on 18 October 2012
2261:from the original on 29 October 2014
2108:"Toll says slowdown is affecting it"
1468:Heavy shunting. One under overhaul.
989:In 2012, KiwiRail attempted to sell
2337:"KiwiRail funding since July 2008'"
2224:"Govt: We paid top dollar for rail"
2061:
1628:Greater Wellington Regional Council
1044:Infrastructure and Asset Management
1038:Greater Wellington Regional Council
522:Two of KiwiRail's major customers,
516:Greater Wellington Regional Council
458:rail-capable (idea since abandoned)
229:Infrastructure and Asset Management
13:
3852:2008 establishments in New Zealand
3447:from the original on 15 April 2023
3417:from the original on 15 April 2023
3213:from the original on 2 August 2012
3171:"KiwiRail Annual Report 2011-2012"
3113:"KiwiRail Annual Report 2012-2013"
2946:
2922:"KiwiRail Annual Report 2015-2016"
2721:from the original on 31 March 2020
2652:"Government Saves Electric Trains"
2343:from the original on 30 April 2017
2282:"Huge writedown in KiwiRail value"
2023:from the original on 17 March 2021
1890:Chief Customer and Growth Officer
1032:which has contracted operation to
750:, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Napier,
605:2017 update of the Turnaround Plan
14:
3863:
3550:
3441:data-kiwirail.opendata.arcgis.com
3411:data-kiwirail.opendata.arcgis.com
3325:The Campaign for Better Transport
3239:from the original on 12 July 2017
3151:from the original on 17 July 2021
2840:. Stadler Rail. 11 October 2021.
2711:"The Draft New Zealand Rail Plan"
2464:. Wellington. 25 September 2010.
1988:"KiwiRail Integrated Report 2019"
1141:
1074:List of New Zealand railway lines
966:The Great Journeys of New Zealand
923:The Great Journeys of New Zealand
583:International coal price collapse
3832:Railway companies of New Zealand
3786:New Zealand Railways Corporation
3656:New Zealand Railways Corporation
2987:"KiwiRail Half Year Report 2016"
2899:from the original on 7 July 2022
2691:from the original on 7 June 2019
2288:from the original on 1 June 2013
2072:"National Rail Access Agreement"
1587:
1531:
1502:
1473:
1444:
1415:
1386:
1357:
1328:
1299:
1227:(serves as rail head for Nelson)
906:
514:assets being transferred to the
404:Splitting of land and operations
334:New Zealand Railways Corporation
187:
186:
170:
169:
153:
152:
3651:New Zealand Railways Department
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3399:
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3062:from the original on 1 May 2019
3041:
3029:from the original on 3 May 2021
3011:
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2658:from the original on 8 May 2019
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2448:
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2329:
2243:
2183:
2134:"KiwiRail â Brief rail history"
899:in containers for Fonterra use.
704:and largely recovered in 2022.
624:Labour-led Coalition government
330:New Zealand Railways Department
54:, shipping, property management
3081:Libby Wilson (30 April 2019).
3048:Andrea Fox (9 February 2019).
2126:
2035:
1259:
1234:(largest yard in South Island)
1110:
1013:Until 2016, KiwiRail division
1008:
895:Wairio â Invercargill: solely
191:NZ-$ 324.9 million (FY2018-19)
1:
3822:Companies based in Wellington
3597:Rail operators of New Zealand
2869:. KiwiRail. 12 October 2021.
2677:Janine Rankin (6 June 2019).
2596:"Midland line closed by fire"
2280:Adam Bennett (27 June 2012).
2222:Young, Audrey (2 July 2008).
1908:
1903:Rail transport in New Zealand
1850:Chief Infrastructure Officer
640:Palmerston North City Council
452:(achieved 2011) and make the
382:Prime Minister of New Zealand
312:Rail transport in New Zealand
305:
2622:"KiwiRail to dump electrics"
1913:
1617:
802:to build a branch line (the
636:New Zealand Transport Agency
627:first time since the 1980s.
555:2011 Christchurch earthquake
174:NZ$ 25.7 million (FY2018-19)
144:Long-distance passenger rail
7:
2572:. Stuff. 15 December 2016.
2546:. Stuff. 24 November 2013.
1896:
1381:Heavy shunting locomotive.
1255:Current rolling stock fleet
782:at Lyttelton port Company (
10:
3868:
3623:Great Journeys New Zealand
3270:. KiwiRail. Archived from
3118:. KiwiRail. Archived from
2992:. KiwiRail. Archived from
2927:. KiwiRail. Archived from
2196:. KiwiRail. Archived from
2167:. KiwiRail. Archived from
2136:. KiwiRail. Archived from
1853:
1829:
1821:
1778:
1770:
1760:
1750:
1740:
1410:Mainline diesel-electric.
1266:Locomotives of New Zealand
1263:
1126:KiwiRail now operates the
956:Great Journeys New Zealand
953:
950:Great Journeys New Zealand
929:between Wellington in the
910:
800:Northland Regional Council
694:
551:2010 Canterbury earthquake
440:transit times to 11 hours.
378:Wellington railway station
309:
300:
286:Great Journeys New Zealand
280:, KiwiRail is the largest
214:Great Journeys New Zealand
131:Great Journeys New Zealand
3741:
3731:
3643:
3602:
1882:Chief Operations Officer
1854:
1830:
1822:
1815:
1779:
1771:
1761:
1751:
1741:
1726:
814:Anchor freight customers:
499:(partial mothballed 2012)
356:Establishment of KiwiRail
266:KiwiRail Holdings Limited
245:
235:
205:
195:
178:
161:
148:
136:
126:
113:
103:
83:
68:
58:
47:
37:
28:
24:KiwiRail Holdings Limited
1834:Chief Financial Officer
1640:British Mark 2 carriages
1162:Middleton (Christchurch)
1062:Continuous Action Tamper
919:KiwiRail Scenic Journeys
823:KiwiRail operates 4,855
616:2016 KaikÅura earthquake
591:voluntary administration
578:Pike River Mine disaster
568:lost a propeller in 2013
559:2016 KaikÅura earthquake
491:StratfordâOkahukura Line
338:New Zealand Rail Limited
3751:Animal Control Products
2191:"Annual Report 2008-09"
796:CentrePort (Wellington)
690:KiwiRail business units
660:2021 New Zealand budget
487:(partial mothball 2016)
426:and new rolling stock.
413:10-year turnaround plan
326:Public Works Department
3055:The New Zealand Herald
3019:"CT Site Location Map"
2895:. KIwiRail. May 2022.
2805:The New Zealand Herald
2518:The New Zealand Herald
2229:The New Zealand Herald
2081:. 2004. Archived from
1065:
960:Re-branded along with
941:Property and Corporate
917:Re-branded along with
864:and curtain-siders or
632:Provincial Growth Fund
497:Napier â Gisborne Line
422:
388:
369:
364:Former Prime Minister
270:state-owned enterprise
226:Property and Corporate
42:State-Owned Enterprise
3357:. 22 September 2009.
2961:Ministry of Transport
2715:Ministry of Transport
2520:. 15 September 2017.
1247:bulk store facility,
1159:Thorndon (Wellington)
1051:
774:: KiwiRail has major
650:New Zealand Rail Plan
472:New locomotives (see
420:
375:
363:
332:(1880â1982), and the
121:David McClean (Chair)
72:1 July 2008
3443:. 21 December 2020.
3413:. 21 December 2020.
3268:Great Journeys of NZ
2750:. 14 December 2019.
2717:. 12 December 2019.
2628:. 21 December 2016.
2602:on 17 September 2017
2079:New Zealand Treasury
1720:Corporate governance
1170:Yards and facilities
1150:Westfield (Auckland)
1121:Hillside Engineering
1023:Wairarapa Connection
1003:Experiential tourism
964:as the single brand
921:as the single brand
804:Marsden Point Branch
573:DL class locomotives
503:North Wairarapa line
142:Inter-island ferries
3746:Airways Corporation
3635:Transdev Wellington
2490:. 25 October 2013.
2436:on 19 November 2012
2257:. 31 October 2011.
2110:. 31 January 2007.
2088:on 18 February 2019
1668:Passenger capacity
1153:Frankton (Hamilton)
1019:Transdev Wellington
997:purchased in 2012.
855:Key freight routes:
740:Rail freight depots
485:North Auckland Line
376:DXB 5143 stands at
197:Number of employees
25:
3837:New Zealand brands
3497:"Governance Board"
3437:"KiwiRail Bridges"
3274:on 1 February 2022
3125:on 22 January 2019
2999:on 25 January 2018
2934:on 22 January 2019
2203:on 14 January 2015
2171:on 14 January 2015
2140:on 23 January 2012
1700:SR class carriages
1644:Capital Connection
1636:AK class carriages
1624:Auckland Transport
1291:Power output (kW)
1288:Number in service
1184:Westfield Junction
1066:
1030:Auckland Transport
933:and Picton in the
845:Norwegian coupling
810:at Marsden Point.
720:intermodal freight
423:
389:
370:
119:Peter Reidy (CEO),
23:
3809:
3808:
3691:
3690:
3683:Transdev Auckland
3610:Auckland One Rail
3603:Current operators
3541:978-0-9582072-2-5
3471:Radio New Zealand
3355:Otago Daily Times
3209:. 1 August 2012.
3207:Radio New Zealand
2748:Radio New Zealand
2684:Manawatu Standard
2461:The Dominion Post
2403:Otago Daily Times
2339:. 10 March 2017.
2255:Radio New Zealand
1894:
1893:
1879:Siva Sivapakkiam
1804:Sina Cotter Tait
1717:
1716:
1615:
1614:
1579:Under order from
1202:bulk store yard,
1180:Westfield station
1034:Auckland One Rail
971:Northern Explorer
837:liquid containers
735:Import/Export 39%
702:COVID-19 pandemic
493:(mothballed 2009)
268:is a New Zealand
263:
262:
157:NZ$ 682.9 million
3859:
3718:
3711:
3704:
3695:
3694:
3678:Toll New Zealand
3644:Former operators
3630:Dunedin Railways
3619:KiwiRail Freight
3591:
3584:
3577:
3568:
3567:
3562:KiwiRail Freight
3545:
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3473:. 19 April 2012.
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3176:. Archived from
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2043:"Our leadership"
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1968:
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1947:
1946:
1944:
1942:
1931:"Executive Team"
1927:
1826:Chief Executive
1724:
1662:Number in class
1653:
1652:
1632:Dunedin Railways
1591:
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1497:Light shunting.
1477:
1448:
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1390:
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1303:
1285:Number in class
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1156:Palmerston North
1106:central section)
806:) to connect to
758:, Masterton and
756:Palmerston North
259:
256:
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241:KiwiRail Limited
218:KiwiRail Freight
190:
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164:Operating income
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1863:Vanessa Oakley
1728:Executive Board
1722:
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1567:2024 (planned)
1268:
1262:
1257:
1209:Mount Maunganui
1172:
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1100:Electrification
1054:Main South Line
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983:Coastal Pacific
958:
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851:on all wagons.
821:Freight wagons:
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678:$ 403 million.
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3796:Quotable Value
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1933:. KiwiRail.
1823:Peter Reidy
1816:
1780:Rachel Pinn
1727:
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1581:Stadler Rail
1269:
1232:Christchurch
1225:Spring Creek
1173:
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1093:Tunnels: 148
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1058:Blueskin Bay
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991:Tranz Scenic
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931:North Island
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726:Domestic 27%
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668:Stadler Rail
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587:Solid Energy
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237:Subsidiaries
140:Rail freight
84:Headquarters
38:Company type
20:
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3666:Tranz Metro
3511:10 February
2971:19 February
2758:16 December
2725:16 December
2092:18 February
1967:10 February
1959:. Beehive.
1941:10 February
1831:Jason Dale
1679:AK carriage
1665:In service
1282:Introduced
1260:Locomotives
1230:Middleton,
1132:Hutt Valley
1111:Engineering
1015:Tranz Metro
1009:Tranz Metro
977:TranzAlpine
927:Cook Strait
886:milk powder
841:Log cradles
833:swap bodies
683:2022 budget
611:2017 budget
524:Mainfreight
512:Tranz Metro
385:Helen Clark
109:New Zealand
105:Area served
98:New Zealand
59:Predecessor
3816:Categories
3801:Transpower
3781:MetService
3661:Tranz Rail
3407:"KiwiRail"
3335:30 January
3278:30 January
3187:5 November
2877:11 October
2851:12 October
2816:11 October
2784:10 October
2498:26 October
2440:15 October
2265:31 October
1998:10 October
1909:References
1772:Rob Jager
1599:1936â1978
1543:1988â1989
1514:1972â1976
1485:1984-1985
1456:1981-1983
1427:1959â1967
1398:2010â2023
1369:1978-1979
1340:1979â1981
1311:1978â1983
1214:Wellington
1192:, Auckland
1136:Wellington
890:containers
866:box wagons
862:containers
784:containers
760:Wellington
662:allocated
557:, and the
366:Jim Bolger
342:Tranz Rail
306:Background
181:Net income
115:Key people
93:Wellington
76:2008-07-01
1914:Citations
1807:Director
1799:Director
1796:Liz Ward
1791:Director
1783:Director
1775:Director
1767:Director
1757:Director
1618:Carriages
1190:Southdown
1182:and near
1025:service.
808:Northport
772:Sea Ports
752:Whanganui
744:WhangÄrei
278:Ellerslie
253:.kiwirail
207:Divisions
3776:Landcorp
3766:KiwiRail
3615:KiwiRail
3557:KiwiRail
3505:Archived
3501:KiwiRail
3451:15 April
3445:Archived
3421:15 April
3415:Archived
3385:Archived
3359:Archived
3329:Archived
3237:Archived
3217:1 August
3211:Archived
3149:Archived
3091:Archived
3060:Archived
3027:Archived
3023:KiwiRail
2965:Archived
2897:Archived
2871:Archived
2842:Archived
2810:Archived
2778:Archived
2752:Archived
2719:Archived
2689:Archived
2656:Archived
2630:Archived
2574:Archived
2548:Archived
2522:Archived
2492:Archived
2466:Archived
2408:Archived
2382:6 August
2341:Archived
2286:Archived
2259:Archived
2207:23 April
2112:Archived
2053:22 March
2047:KiwiRail
2018:Archived
1961:Archived
1935:Archived
1897:See also
1245:Fonterra
1204:Hamilton
1200:Fonterra
829:flat-top
748:Hamilton
729:Bulk 19%
528:Fonterra
474:DL class
274:KiwiRail
137:Services
127:Products
48:Industry
3791:NZ Post
3304:12 July
3243:20 June
3155:17 July
3129:8 March
3003:21 June
2938:8 March
2903:25 June
2636:18 June
2606:20 June
2414:22 July
2347:15 June
2321:2 March
2292:27 June
2027:16 July
1753:Ed Sims
1648:Te Huia
1249:Mosgiel
1237:Dunedin
1196:Te Rapa
1165:Dunedin
1130:in the
780:sidings
695:Freight
600:in 2017
566:Aratere
532:Mosgiel
455:Kaitaki
449:Aratere
350:Toll NZ
322:private
301:History
246:Website
149:Revenue
89:Pipitea
74: (
69:Founded
63:Toll NZ
3771:Kordia
3538:
2695:7 June
2662:22 May
2235:22 May
2118:22 May
1737:Chair
1671:Notes
1659:Class
1656:Image
1294:Notes
1279:Class
1276:Image
1241:Taieri
1219:Picton
825:wagons
318:public
3299:Stuff
3181:(PDF)
3174:(PDF)
3123:(PDF)
3116:(PDF)
3097:2 May
3087:Stuff
3066:1 May
3033:2 May
2997:(PDF)
2990:(PDF)
2932:(PDF)
2925:(PDF)
2845:(PDF)
2838:(PDF)
2626:Stuff
2376:(PDF)
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2201:(PDF)
2194:(PDF)
2175:8 May
2144:8 May
2086:(PDF)
2075:(PDF)
2021:(PDF)
1576:3000
1552:3000
1523:2240
1407:2700
1349:1800
1320:1230
201:4,213
3536:ISBN
3513:2023
3453:2023
3423:2023
3393:2010
3367:2009
3337:2022
3306:2024
3280:2022
3245:2017
3219:2012
3189:2014
3157:2021
3131:2019
3099:2019
3068:2019
3035:2021
3005:2017
2973:2023
2940:2019
2905:2022
2879:2021
2853:2021
2818:2021
2786:2021
2760:2019
2727:2019
2697:2019
2664:2019
2638:2017
2608:2017
2582:2017
2556:2017
2530:2017
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