16 Jun 2012

Railway rebranding expenditure

1:49 pm on 16 June 2012

KiwiRail has spent almost $2.8 million in the past three years re-painting and re-branding its locomotive fleet.

More than $1 million was spent on this in each of the past two financial years.

Figures also show in the same period KiwiRail spent almost $11 million on advertising, including about $6 million promoting Interislander services.

Almost $4 million was spent on the TranzScenic services, which include the Overlander.