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Kiwirail Innovation Wins Safety Award
Thursday, 30 May 2013, 3:48 pm | KiwiRail
Kiwirail Innovation Wins Safety Award KiwiRail’s innovations to prevent falls have won the the Kensington Swan Best Initiative to Address a Safety Hazard category in last night’s New Zealand Workplace Health and Safety Awards. KiwiRail’s ... More >>
KiwiRail Scenic announces winners of photo competition
Wednesday, 29 May 2013, 10:07 am | KiwiRail
The winner of KiwiRail Scenic Journeys’ very popular Facebook photo competition has been named with Christchurch local, Andy Lukey, taking out the top prize of $1,000 cash and $1,000 travel with KiwiRail Scenic Journeys. Mr Lukey’s portfolio, captured ... More >>
Interislander’s flagship ferry to receive a facelift
Friday, 17 May 2013, 10:12 am | KiwiRail
Interislander will be giving its flagship passenger ferry – the Kaitaki – a bit of a spruce up this winter. Following the recent decision to renew the lease for another four years until 2017, a refurbishment of the passenger areas on the ship ... More >>
Scenic Names the Finalists In Great NZ Photo Competition
Thursday, 2 May 2013, 12:58 pm | KiwiRail
KiwiRail Scenic Journeys’ Great Scenic New Zealand Photo Competition has named its 12 talented finalists, who will be travelling this weekend on the Northern Explorer, Coastal Pacific and TranzAlpine, to battle it out for the final prizes. More >>
Interislander Helping Coastguard Keep Boaties Safe
Monday, 22 April 2013, 9:40 am | KiwiRail
Media release Interislander Helping Coastguard Keep Boaties Safe Interislander is pleased to announce that it has extended its sponsorship of Coastguard Central Region for another year. The sponsorship helps local Coastguard Units to provide this vital ... More >>
Kaitaki Lease Renewed
Tuesday, 16 April 2013, 9:50 am | KiwiRail
Interislander has today announced the decision to renew the lease on the Kaitaki ferry for another four years. More >>
Capital Connection fare increase
Monday, 15 April 2013, 10:40 am | KiwiRail
Media release Capital Connection fare increase Fares for the Capital Connection will increase for all travel from 1 May 2013. The last fare increase for the service was on 1 November 2011. More >>
Coastal Pacific moves to seasonal service
Tuesday, 2 April 2013, 8:58 am | KiwiRail
KiwiRail has today announced that the Coastal Pacific train between Picton and Christchurch will operate as an extended summer service in the seven months between October and April. This seasonal service is expected to be in place while Christchurch rebuilds ... More >>
KiwiRail commits to continuing Capital Connection service
Thursday, 28 March 2013, 12:57 pm | KiwiRail
Media release 28 March 2013 KiwiRail commits to continuing Capital Connection service KiwiRail has today announced that it will continue to operate the Capital Connection service for another two years before making a final call on whether or not it will ... More >>
Positive growth, with improvements to business capability
Thursday, 28 February 2013, 2:13 pm | KiwiRail
KiwiRail is pleased to report an increase in both revenue and operating surplus over the last six months. This result is primarily due to the continued growth in the core freight business which achieved a revenue result of over $238 million, an improvement ... More >>
KiwiRail Response to Labour Media Statement
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 5:18 pm | KiwiRail
Unfortunately Mr Twyford’s statement titled “KiwiRail admits lack of maintenance led to wash-out ” misinterprets the issue. First there is a difference between building new culverts and the maintenance of the 12,000 plus culverts nationally ... More >>
KiwiRail Launches Waitomo and Hobbiton Escape Package
Thursday, 14 February 2013, 9:36 am | KiwiRail
Media release KiwiRail Launches Waitomo and Hobbiton Escape Package KiwiRail Scenic has launched its new Waitomo and Hobbiton Escape package for the Northern Explorer train between Auckland and Wellington. The Waitomo and Hobbiton Scenic Escape package ... More >>
KiwiRail Scenic Journeys on Facebook
Thursday, 20 December 2012, 10:25 am | KiwiRail
KiwiRail Scenic Journeys has launched its own Facebook page as a further means to connect with both New Zealanders and tourists and promote Scenic’s long-distance train trips. More >>
Stay safe near railway lines this summer
Wednesday, 19 December 2012, 10:41 am | KiwiRail
KiwiRail and the Chris Cairns Foundation are warning people to take care around railway lines this holiday period in light of recent statistics showing that people are continuing to take unnecessary risks around the railway. More >>
Interislander goes mobile
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 9:57 am | KiwiRail
Interislander has launched a mobile booking website in response to a marked increase in customers booking their travel across the Cook Strait on smartphones. More >>
KiwiRail Adds Northern Explorer Stop for Waitomo
Thursday, 6 December 2012, 3:02 pm | KiwiRail
KiwiRail is reinstating the Otorohanga stop on its Northern Explorer train service between Auckland and Wellington for the tourism destination of Waitomo Caves. The Otorohanga (Waitomo) stop is being reintroduced on a “booked stop” basis for ... More >>
Interislander strike notice lfted
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 6:19 pm | KiwiRail
“Interislander can confirm that mediation with the Aviation and Marine Engineers Association (AMEA) and Merchant Services Guild (MSG) has concluded and a settlement has been reached. The unions have withdrawn their strike notices and our lock-out ... More >>
Salvation Army and Tranz Metro team up
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 11:42 am | KiwiRail
The Salvation Army’s Christmas food bank appeal is being backed by KiwiRail’s Tranz Metro staff who have volunteered their time to provide a special train for collections this Saturday 1 December. More >>
World-class upgrade for iconic TranzAlpine train
Monday, 26 November 2012, 5:13 pm | KiwiRail
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 Greymouth. More >>
Future of Hillside Workshops Resolved
Thursday, 15 November 2012, 1:12 pm | KiwiRail
The future of Hillside Workshops in Dunedin has been resolved after an extensive national and international search was undertaken for potential purchasers for the site. Unfortunately that process did not result in any purchaser for the entire Hillside ... More >>
