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List of named passenger trains of New Zealand

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This article contains a list of named passenger trains in New Zealand.

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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
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