After two decades of construction, the first train north bound on the 680-kilometre Main Trunk Line left Wellington 100 years ago on 7 August 1908. www.NZHistory.net.nz has compiled the history of ...
A freight train has derailed near Feilding this morning forcing the main trunk line to be closed. KiwiRail is rushing to put six wagons back on the railway line at Maewa, near Feilding, after it ...
But chief executive Peter Reidy says the switch will improve reliability and efficiency for Kiwirail's customers. Plans to replace 16 electric trains - each about 30 years old - which operated between ...