Train Name | Operator | Train Endpoints | First Run | Last Run |
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Bay Express | New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic | Wellington - Napier | 1989 | 2001 |
Blue Streak | New Zealand Railways Department | 1968: Auckland - Hamilton, 1968-72: Auckland - Wellington, 1972-77: Wellington - New Plymouth | 1968 | 1977 |
Capital Connection | New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Metro, Tranz Scenic | Palmerston North - Wellington | 1991 | present |
Coastal Pacific | New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic | Christchurch - Picton | 1988 | present |
Culverden Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Christchurch - Culverden (later Parnassus) | 1886 | 1945? |
Daylight Limited | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Auckland | 1925 | 1963 |
Endeavour | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Napier (and for some years, Gisborne) | 1972 | 1989 |
Geyserland Express | New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic | Auckland - Rotorua | 1991 | 2001 |
Kaimai Express | New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic | Auckland - Tauranga | 1991 | 2001 |
Kingston Flyer | New Zealand Railways Department | Gore and Invercargill - Kingston | 1890s | 1957 |
Lynx Express | Tranz Scenic | Picton - Christchurch | 1994 | 1995 |
Napier Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Napier | 1891 | 1954 |
New Plymouth Express | New Zealand Railways Department, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company | Wellington - New Plymouth | 1886 | 1955 |
New Plymouth Night Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Auckland - New Plymouth | 1933 | 1983 |
Night Limited | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Auckland | 1924 | 1971 |
Northern Explorer | KiwiRail Scenic Journeys | Wellington - Auckland | 2012 | present |
Northerner | New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic | Wellington - Auckland | 1975 | 2004 |
Northland Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Auckland - Opua | 1925 | 1956 |
Overlander | New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic | Wellington - Auckland | 1991 | 2012 |
Picton Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Christchurch - Picton | 1945 | 1956 |
Rotorua Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Auckland - Rotorua | 1894 | 1959 |
Scenic Daylight | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Auckland | 1963 | 1968 |
Seasider | Taieri Gorge Railway | Dunedin - Palmerston | 2002 | present |
Silver Fern | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Auckland | 1972 | 1991 |
Silver Star | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Auckland | 1971 | 1979 |
Southerner | New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic | Christchurch - Invercargill | 1970 | 2002 |
South Island Limited | New Zealand Railways Department | Christchurch - Invercargill | 1949 | 1970 |
Taieri Gorge Limited | Dunedin Railways | Dunedin - Middlemarch or Pukerangi | 1987 | present |
Seasider | Dunedin Railways | Dunedin - Palmerston | 2002 | present |
Taneatua Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Auckland - Taneatua | 1929 | 1959 |
Thames Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Auckland - Thames | 1908 | 1928 |
TranzAlpine | New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic | Christchurch - Greymouth | 1987 | present |
Waikato Connection | Tranz Scenic | Hamilton - Auckland | 2000 | 2001 |
Wairarapa Connection | New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Metro | Masterton - Wellington | 1964 | present |
Wairarapa Mail | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Woodville | 1909 | 1948 |