Kiwi Rail

KiwiRail has revealed it lost $12 million in revenue and costs in the six weeks following the Kaikōura earthquake.

KiwiRail is hoping to free some rail wagons next week that have been trapped in Marlborough since the 14 November earthquake.

KiwiRail is looking at whether to buy another Interislander ferry when the Kaitaki's lease runs out in 2020.

A move away from electric to diesel powered trains in the central North Island will help the environment, not harm it, says KiwiRail.

KiwiRail will scrap its electric trains on the main trunk line between Auckland and Wellington and move to an all-diesel fleet.

A freight train looted by thieves after it was stranded by last month's earthquake has been moved.

A resident trapped between slips north of Kaikōura is welcoming efforts to deter people looting a freight train that had to be abandoned after the recent big quake.

An Interislander ferry's propeller fell off because it was poorly fitted, an inquiry has found.

South Island train drivers might have their roles shaken up after the main rail lines were severely damaged in the Kaikōura earthquake.

Wellington's regional council is bracing for a dividend hit as the capital's port faces repair costs, fewer ships calling and the loss of waterfront rent.

KiwiRail is considering replacing all electric trains on the main trunk line between Auckland and Wellington with diesel engines.

Sailings of the troubled Cook Strait ferry Aratere have been cancelled until problems with the ship's rudder are fixed.

KiwiRail is set to enforce a system of annual charges for use of level crossings and underpasses, but landowners say the associated costs are unfair.

KiwiRail says it will buy another 15 Chinese locomotives, despite asbestos contamination in engines it already has.

State-owned KiwiRail has been accused of misusing public money in hiring foreign workers to fix asbestos-contaminated trains, instead of local staff.

Farmers leasing land alongside KiwiRail's railway lines are facing rent increases as high as 400 percent.

KiwiRail is unlikely to ever turn a profit on its own so the government will continue to subsidise it, the Prime Minister says.

KiwiRail appears to have lost its bid to keep operating Wellington's passenger train network.