Experience two of the world’s most scenic trains in New Zealand: The TranzAlpine and Coastal Pacific on the South Island.
Winding through the Southern Alps in New Zealand, the TranzAlpine is lauded as one of the world’s greatest rail journeys, but few know that its well-worn tracks also trace the path of an ancestral ...
Each train can carry up to 475 passengers and operate at speeds of up to 120kph. Credit: Alstom SA. Alstom has secured a €538m (NZ$1.065bn) contract from the Greater Wellington Regional Council in New ...
On Christmas Eve in 1953, a train in New Zealand plunged into a river after a bridge collapsed beneath it. The Tangiwai disaster remains the country’s worst rail tragedy, claiming dozens of lives.