Kia ora ! This site has just undergone some significant updating. 23rd of August 2026.
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Save Our Trains NZ
There are a lot Passenger Rail advocacy groups springing up around the country :
2026-08-15 Directory of Passenger Rail Advocacy groups currently active in New Zealand
Webinar: A Plan for Rail was held on Wednesday 26 August at 7pm
The Future Is Rail. organiser@thefutureisrail.org 022 154 9119
Current state of affairs : 23rd of August 2026.
The North Auckland Line is open and working again between the Kauri Dairy Factory north of Whangarei down to Auckland via Portland , Wellsford , Helensville, Kumeu, to Swanson .
Only one freight train per day and no passenger services.
AUCKLAND WHANGAREI 05:00 12:00
WHANGAREI AUCKLAND 16:05 23:07
Read a more detailed account from KiwiRail here
The proposed 19km Oakleigh to Northport / Marsden Point Branch has been given the go ahead and work will commence this summer and be carried out over 4 summer periods .
The Dargaville Branch line has been 'mothballed' since 2016 and the tourism operators 'Dargaville Rail and River' that were taking tours on it have recently ceased operations.
The Great Northern Railway trust which was set up a few years ago in Whangarei , is presently looking for people who are committed to keeping it going , with a focus on getting some work done on the Dargaville Branch line.
The Bay of Islands Vintage Railway based in Kawakawa is still running steam trains and the section of track between ( but not all the way to ) the Port of Opua has recently been re-built.
The Northern section of the North Auckland Line between Kauri and Otiria has been mothballed but is awaiting funding to continue the renovation work that was done on the line between Swanson and Kauri in 2021.
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