Trains

A handful of diesel units will shuttle between Pukekohe and Papakura at the southern end of the network, but for everyone else, it's a new era of rail commuting following a billion dollar-plus… Audio

All passenger train services in and out of Wellington will remain cancelled until at least this afternoon. Audio

This morning's likely to see just as much commuter chaos around Wellington region as there was for people leaving the city last night. Audio

Wellington's main railway station closed just before 2pm. Audio

Wellington is in chaos from flooding tonight, with people warned against trying to get home as both highways and trains are severely hit. Audio

Train services from Porirua to the city have been replaced by bus services due to a branch over the track. Audio

Buses will replace train services between Wellington and Porirua this morning after a branch fell on overhead lines yesterday, causing major disruptions. Our reporter Paloma Migone has more on this… Audio

80 passengers are stranded on a Wellington commuter train because of a scrub fire nearby. Audio

Sharon Earl welds sculptures out of steel from her workshop in Pyramid Valley. Her life-sized 'Warhorse', made in a filigree style, was recently exhibited at the Sculpture on Shore exhibition in… Audio

Sarah Murray and Barry Ellis on the golden age of kiwi tourist posters - long before we were a hundread percent pure. Audio

Matt Turner has completed a weighty tome, cataloguing pictures and stories of Rail in New Zealand over the past 150 years. It details the history of how New Zealanders have interacted with trains and… Audio

The Mayor of the Waitomo District will meet Kiwi Rail today following the death on Sunday night of a teenage boy, crossing the tracks in Te Kuiti. Brian Hanna says more fencing along the tracks is… Audio

What may well be one of the highlights of the World War One commemorations is currently steaming its way across the North Island's railroads. It's the fully restored locomotive Ab608, which in 1925… Audio

Auckland has inched past Wellington to become the city with the most train trips taken each year. Wellington's Manager of Rail Operations, Angus Gabara and the Chief Operating Officer of Auckland… Audio

Auckland's fast-rising use of trains has now hit 12 million trips a year, inching past Wellington's 11.9 million trips for the year to September. Audio

Examining the trade-off between price and quality for public transport passengers in New Zealand's three main cities, and some comparisons from abroad, with research economist Neil Douglas. Audio

Cantabrian John McCaskey caught the train in Beijing, it changed gauge at the Mongolian border, and then it crossed into the Gobi desert. Audio, Gallery