Coastal Pacific
A five-hour-forty-minute journey along New Zealand’s Pacific coast, squeezed between the Kaikōura mountains and the sea before entering Marlborough wine country.
5h 40m
Photo: Alex Burgess / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Train journeys in New Zealand
Long-distance scenery across coast, mountains and the South Island.
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Glenbrook Vintage Railway
Volunteer steam on the old Waiuku branch
1h 10m
Photo: Natural Beauty on Film · CC BY 2.0
Northern Explorer
New Zealand’s North Island from Auckland to Wellington in one long scenic day.
10h 35m
Photo: Johnragla / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Coastal Pacific
A five-hour-forty-minute journey along New Zealand’s Pacific coast, squeezed between the Kaikōura mountains and the sea before entering Marlborough wine country.
5h 40m
Photo: Alex Burgess / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Glenbrook Vintage Railway
Volunteer steam on the old Waiuku branch
1h 10m
Photo: Natural Beauty on Film · CC BY 2.0
Northern Explorer
New Zealand’s North Island from Auckland to Wellington in one long scenic day.
10h 35m
Photo: Johnragla / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
The Kingston Flyer
A hundred-year-old steam train on fourteen kilometres of Southland branch line
1h 45m
Photo: LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Taieri Gorge
Five hours out of Dunedin into a gorge the railway had to be blasted into
5h
Photo: Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 4.0
TranzAlpine
A coast-to-coast crossing of New Zealand’s South Island through braided rivers, the Southern Alps, Arthur’s Pass and the lush West Coast.
4h 55m
Photo: Kabelleger / David Gubler · CC BY-SA 4.0
Weka Pass Railway: Waipara to Waikari
Limestone country behind a preserved locomotive
2h 05m
Photo: nzgabriel · CC BY 2.0