Train Name |
Operator |
Train Endpoints |
First Run |
Last Run |
Bay Express |
New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic |
Wellington - Napier |
1989 |
2001 |
Blue Streak |
New Zealand Railways Department |
1968: Auckland - Hamilton, 1968-72: Auckland - Wellington, 1972-77: Wellington - New Plymouth |
1968 |
1977 |
Capital Connection |
New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Metro, Tranz Scenic |
Palmerston North - Wellington |
1991 |
present |
Culverden Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Christchurch - Culverden (later Parnassus) |
1886 |
1945? |
Daylight Limited |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Auckland |
1925 |
1963 |
Endeavour |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Napier (and for some years, Gisborne) |
1972 |
1989 |
Geyserland Express |
New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic |
Auckland - Rotorua |
1991 |
2001 |
Kaimai Express |
New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic |
Auckland - Tauranga |
1991 |
2001 |
Kingston Flyer |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Gore and Invercargill - Kingston |
1890s |
1957 |
Lynx Express |
Tranz Scenic |
Picton - Christchurch |
1994 |
1995 |
Napier Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Napier |
1891 |
1954 |
New Plymouth Express |
New Zealand Railways Department, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company |
Wellington - New Plymouth |
1886 |
1955 |
New Plymouth Night Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Auckland - New Plymouth |
1933 |
1983 |
Night Limited |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Auckland |
1924 |
1971 |
Northern Explorer |
KiwiRail Scenic Journeys |
Wellington - Auckland |
2012 |
present |
Northerner |
New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic |
Wellington - Auckland |
1975 |
2004 |
Northland Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Auckland - Opua |
1925 |
1956 |
Overlander |
New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic |
Wellington - Auckland |
1991 |
2012 |
Picton Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Christchurch - Picton |
1945 |
1956 |
Rotorua Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Auckland - Rotorua |
1894 |
1959 |
Scenic Daylight |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Auckland |
1963 |
1968 |
Seasider |
Taieri Gorge Railway |
Dunedin - Palmerston |
2002 |
present |
Silver Fern |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Auckland |
1972 |
1991 |
Silver Star |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Auckland |
1971 |
1979 |
Southerner |
New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic |
Christchurch - Invercargill |
1970 |
2002 |
South Island Limited |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Christchurch - Invercargill |
1949 |
1970 |
Taieri Gorge Limited |
Dunedin Railways |
Dunedin - Middlemarch or Pukerangi |
1987 |
present |
Seasider |
Dunedin Railways |
Dunedin - Palmerston |
2002 |
present |
Taneatua Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Auckland - Taneatua |
1929 |
1959 |
Thames Express |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Auckland - Thames |
1908 |
1928 |
TranzAlpine |
New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic |
Christchurch - Greymouth |
1987 |
present |
TranzCoastal |
New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic |
Christchurch - Picton |
1988 |
present |
Waikato Connection |
Tranz Scenic |
Hamilton - Auckland |
2000 |
2001 |
Wairarapa Connection |
New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Metro |
Masterton - Wellington |
1964 |
present |
Wairarapa Mail |
New Zealand Railways Department |
Wellington - Woodville |
1909 |
1948 |