List Of Railway Lines In New Zealand
The New Zealand railway network consists of four main lines, seven secondary lines and numerous short branch lines in almost every region. It links all major urban centres except Nelson, Taupo, Queenstown and Whakatane. The network is owned and managed by the New Zealand Railways Corporation, trading as KiwiRail. The network was constructed from 1863 onwards, mostly by government bodies, initially by the Provincial and later by central government (usually the Public Works Department). In 1993 New Zealand Rail Limited was privatised (and later renamed Tranz Rail), with the New Zealand Railways Corporation retaining the land (due to Treaty of Waitangi claims on land taken for railway construction). In 2003 the government renationalised the network. KiwiRail operates all freight and most passenger services, including Tranz Metro passenger trains in the Wellington region; Veolia operates MAXX suburban passenger trains in Auckland; the Taieri Gorge Railway operates tourist passenger trains in Dunedin.
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