Trains

89 days of travel, 33 trains, 19 countries. Greg Hill, former French horn player with the NZSO, has written a book about his journey from his home in Wellington to its antipodes - the furthest point… Audio

Passengers and councils in the Wairarapa are outraged by a Kiwirail debacle that has left them with a worse train line than they had and more delays. Old tracks on the Wairarapa line have been… Audio

Thousands of Auckland train commuters are having to find an alternative way home this afternoon with services cancelled because of 'heat' affecting the railway lines. Services on the Eastern, Western… Video, Audio

Questions continue to be raised about Waka Kotahi's approach to safety issues, after RNZ reported that despite being aware other passenger trains were running red lights, the agency only sanctioned… Audio

By Theo Macdonald: Long-distance rail travel is in for a revival in New Zealand — eventually. And you don’t have to be a nostalgia buff, trainspotter or climate-action protester to see why. Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Commuter chaos in the capital, trains grinding to a halt in Auckland - what's going on at KiwiRail? Audio

Transport Minister Michael Wood has ordered a 30-day rapid review into the latest KiwiRail disruptions. He talks to Lisa Owen.

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Commuter chaos, passengers left on the platform, a please explain from the Beehive, and a "rapid review" announced.

The train schedule in Wellington has been slashed in half and the services that are… Video, Audio

For nearly 100 years the Main Trunk line was the superhighway of Aoteoroa, taking passengers, livestock, and cargo from Johnsonville to Geraldine and beyond. Countless musicians have heard the… Audio

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio

Why has a national, integrated public transport ticketing system been so long in the making? Audio

Auckland commuters are set to have their travel plans derailed for large chunks of the coming year. KiwiRail and Auckland Transport yesterday announced plans for a major rebuild to rail lines across… Audio

UK correspondent Matthew Parris joins Kathryn to talk about the latest from the Tory leadership race, as both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak focus on reform of the NHS. Armed police are on the streets of… Audio

UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to talk about how Prime Minister Boris Johnson is trying to get on with business following his narrow win in a confidence vote earlier this week - but will… Audio

It's the expensive train trial that's totally off the rails according to a new report. Less than a year since its launch, the Hamilton to Auckland train Te Huia is facing a damning review from the… Video, Audio

Dr André Brett is a historian, researcher and writer who specialises in Australian and New Zealand history, in particular histories of politics, railways, the environment, and the economy. The… Audio

An epic train journey for a game of rugby marks the end of an era. Produced by Julie Benjamin Audio

An investigation is underway after two carriages broke away from the main train on a kiwi rail commuter service between Auckland and Hamilton.

The Te Huia service was between Paerata heading toward… Video, Audio

A school holiday spike has Te Huia's backers saying the service is going great guns.

But the standard weekday numbers paint a different picture. Our reporter Nick Truebridge has the story. Audio