New Zealand

New Zealand · Scenic

Weka Pass Railway: Waipara to Waikari

Limestone country behind a preserved locomotive

2h 05m · Weka Pass Railway

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: nzgabriel · CC BY 2.0

New Zealand · Heritage

Glenbrook Vintage Railway

Volunteer steam on the old Waiuku branch

1h 10m · Glenbrook Vintage Railway Society

• Heritage
• Steam
• Excursion

Photo: Natural Beauty on Film · CC BY 2.0

New Zealand · Scenic

The Taieri Gorge

Five hours out of Dunedin into a gorge the railway had to be blasted into

5h · Dunedin Railways

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Engineering

Photo: Bahnfrend · CC BY-SA 4.0

New Zealand · Scenic

The Kingston Flyer

A hundred-year-old steam train on fourteen kilometres of Southland branch line

1h 45m · The Kingston Flyer

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0

New Zealand · Scenic

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 · Great Journeys New Zealand

• Scenic
• Panoramic

Photo: Alex Burgess / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

New Zealand · Scenic

Northern Explorer

New Zealand’s North Island from Auckland to Wellington in one long scenic day.

10h 35m · Great Journeys New Zealand

• Scenic
• Panoramic
• Epic

Photo: Johnragla / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

New Zealand · Scenic

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 · Great Journeys New Zealand

• Scenic
• Panoramic
• Epic

Photo: Kabelleger / David Gubler · CC BY-SA 4.0