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September 9, 2025 | Fleet

Alstom to supply New Zealand’s first BEMU fleet

$US 634.5m contract to supply and maintain 18 BEMUs for Wellington commuter network.

April 1, 2025 | Australia/NZ

NZ government funds new train ferries

Two inter-island vessels will enter service in 2029.

July 29, 2024 | Australia/NZ

New Zealand upgrades Wellington commuter network

Infrastructure investment and new train fleet for Wairarapa and Kapiti lines.

March 8, 2024 | Financial

New Zealand confirms $NZ 2bn public transport investment

Rail projects will benefit from three-year programme proposed in a draft government policy statement on land transport.

May 5, 2023 | Fleet

Funding approved for tri-mode fleet for New Zealand capital

The 18 new trains will operate on the Kāpiti Coast and Wairarapa lines into Wellington.

May 21, 2020 | Fleet

Wellington receives $NZ 5m to start procurement of new trains

GREATER Wellington and Horizons Regional Councils have received $NZ 5m ($US 3m) from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency to produce a detailed business case and start the procurement of new regional trains.

December 13, 2019 | Policy

Draft New Zealand Rail Plan outlines government’s 10-year strategy

THE New Zealand government has released the first draft of the New Zealand Rail Plan, which outlines changes to the way the country’s network is managed and funded.

August 13, 2019 | Fleet

Wellington seeks funding for new bi-mode trains

GREATER Wellington Regional Council has endorsed a proposal that would see the New Zealand capital’s Wairarapa and Capital Connection fleets replaced with 15 four-car Bi-mode Multiple Units (BMUs).

October 9, 2018 | Infrastructure

Wellington network set for $NZ 193m upgrade

THE NZ Transport Association (NZTA) has allocated $NZ 193m ($US 124.3m) to renew existing rail infrastructure and upgrade the network around Wellington to allow for future growth in New Zealand’s capital city, New Zealand’s transport Minister, Mr Phil Twyford, announced on October 9.

October 4, 2016 | Australia/NZ

Final Matangi EMUs enter service in Wellington

THE last of 83 Hyundai Rotem FP class Matangi EMUs entered service on Wellington’s Metlink commuter rail network at the end of September, marking the completion of a $NZ 430m ($US 313m) project to modernise the rolling stock fleet in New Zealand’s second-largest city.

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