KiwiRail is investigating if new overhead lines in Wellington were badly installed, and whether they caused commuter trains to grind to a halt for hours in early January. KiwiRail said at the time ...

KiwiRail is investigating a series of failures that resulted in a specialist track machine being unable to assess the Wellington rail network in time – causing major disruption for commuters across ...

KiwiRail is urgently inspections rail lines in Wellington after trains were brought to a halt this month because of multiple power outages. All services in and out of the city were suspended on ...

Rail Minister Winston Peters has asked KiwiRail whether it can increase its spare parts inventory after a technical fault reduced the ageing Interislander fleet to one vessel this week. Supply chain ...

Attributed to KiwiRail Chief Operations Officer Siva Sivapakkiam. “KiwiRail is working hard to lift speed restrictions on the Wellington metro rail network in days, not weeks.” “Our mechanical teams ...

KiwiRail chief executive Peter Reidy says there have been obvious system failures and the state-owned enterprise will be making changes. Photo / Duncan Brown KiwiRail chairman David McLean says they ...

Wellington commuters were treated to muffins and cake as they passed through Wellington Railway Station to mark the building’s 75th birthday. The Minister of Transport, Gerry Brownlee, also paid the ...

Thousands of passengers on Wellington’s Metlink service were disrupted after the KiwiRail incident in May. Credit: Molly NZ/Shutterstock.com. New Zealand’s state rail operator KiwiRail has committed ...

One of the world’s great scenic train trips has just become even better, following the introduction of KiwiRail’s brand new scenic carriages to the iconic TranzAlpine journey between Christchurch and ...