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, KiwiRail
|
Palmerston North - Wellington
|
1991
|
present
|
Coastal Pacific (formerly TranzCoastal)
|
New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic, KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, The Great Journeys of New Zealand, Great Journeys New Zealand
|
Christchurch - Picton
|
1988
|
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, The Great Journeys of New Zealand, Great Journeys New Zealand
|
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
|
Dunedin Railways
|
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
|
Taneatua Express
|
New Zealand Railways Department
|
Auckland - Taneatua
|
1929
|
1959
|
Te Huia
|
KiwiRail
|
Auckland - Hamilton
|
2021
|
present
|
Thames Express
|
New Zealand Railways Department
|
Auckland - Thames
|
1908
|
1928
|
TranzAlpine
|
New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic, KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, The Great Journeys of New Zealand, Great Journeys New Zealand
|
Christchurch - Greymouth
|
1987
|
present
|
Waikato Connection
|
Tranz Scenic
|
Hamilton - Auckland
|
2000
|
2001
|
Wairarapa Connection
|
New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Metro, Metlink
|
Masterton - Wellington
|
1964
|
present
|
Wairarapa Mail
|
New Zealand Railways Department
|
Wellington - Woodville
|
1909
|
1948
|