Kiwi Rail Scenic Journeys
Kiwi Rail Journeys Scenic is the name of a business unit of the New Zealand Kiwi Rail, offered together under the New Zealand currently 2012 four Zugfernverbindungen (Northern Explorer TranzAlpine, Coastal Pacific and Capital Connection ).
The KiwiRail went through name change from its predecessors, in order: 1 July 2008 from Toll NZ Consolidated Limited, 5th mail Tranz Rail Limited 2004 and on 19 October 1995 from New Zealand Rail Limited, produced and is now a to eliminate subsidiary of KiwiRail Holdings, which was founded in October 2008 by the state-owned company, the New Zealand railways Corporation ( NZRC ) with an objective of providing the anomalies which are caused by the failed privatization of the New Zealand railway system, and rail operations in New Zealand future to further strengthen economic point of view and develop.
History
In 1993 the New Zealand government sold part of its privatization hype the entire national railway network, including rail operations and ferry Wellington to Picton, which was established in 1990 New Zealand Rail Limited to an American consortium. Following a name change in 1995 Tranz Rail Limited founded then in December 2000, the Tranz Scenic Limited in order to transfer the long-distance passenger traffic. After retracted losses in 2001 50 percent of the business have been sold to the Australian rail company West Coast Railway as Tranz Scenic 2001 Limited. The sale had then also means that despite protests in public numerous trains were discontinued in passenger transport. After the acquisition of Tranz Rail by the Australian Toll Holdings in 2003, the proportion of Tranz Scenic was bought back in 2001 Limited again and eventually went on in the Toll NZ Consolidated Limited (Toll Rail).
But between Toll Holdings and the New Zealand government, there were disagreements over cost sharing in railway operations and for the railway network. This led, in 2006, almost at the setting of the Overlanders. In addition to want to sell the only two people in remote connections on the South Island, the TranzAlpine and the TranzCoastal Toll Holdings announced in April 2006.
After then in 2003 the government had already bought back the entire route network of the Tranz Rail Limited, one finally took over on 1 July 2008 and again the train and ferry service and paid the Toll Holdings stately 665 million NZ $. Since 1 October 2008, the New Zealand rail over the Kiwi Rail is back to 100 percent state-owned and Tranz Scenic is run as a branded product for the long-distance passenger traffic since further. Since 2012, the business is referred to as Kiwi Rail Scenic Journeys.
Transport supply
The existing since the takeover route network, with its thinned compounds, currently consists of 2012 still. The previously circulating under the name Overlander train service between Auckland and Wellington now carries the name [ Northern Explorer ]. There is a nationwide nourished by hope discussion that the government learned from mistakes, a continuous national train service for passengers from Auckland to Invercargill makes possible.