List of named passenger trains of New Zealand

This article contains a list of named passenger trains in New Zealand.

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, KiwiRail | Palmerston North \- Wellington  | 1991 | present
Coastal Pacific (formerly TranzCoastal)  | New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic, KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, The Great Journeys of New Zealand, Great Journeys New Zealand | 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, The Great Journeys of New Zealand, Great Journeys New Zealand | 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 | Dunedin Railways | 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
Taneatua Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Auckland - Taneatua | 1929 | 1959
Te Huia | KiwiRail | Auckland - Hamilton | 2021 | present
Thames Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Auckland - Thames | 1908 | 1928
TranzAlpine | New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic, KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, The Great Journeys of New Zealand, Great Journeys New Zealand | Christchurch - Greymouth | 1987 | present
Waikato Connection | Tranz Scenic | Hamilton \- Auckland  | 2000 | 2001
Wairarapa Connection | New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Metro, Metlink | Masterton \- Wellington  | 1964 | present
Wairarapa Mail | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Woodville  | 1909 | 1948