Most of our train trips depart from the Paekakariki Station platform. About a 20 min walk to Paekakariki railway station. Paekakariki Holiday Park has camping and cabin accommodation. Suitable if you are connecting with the Northern Explorer. A motel in the centre of Paraparaumu, 2 minutes walk to Railway Station and shopping centre. Virtually at the end of the Paekakariki station platform.Įlliotts Comfort Inn. North Island tours often utilise our train for some sectors.īook Wellington accomodation and last minute motel deal.įinns, a modern hotel on the site of the old Paekakariki Hotel. Stuff (formerly Fairfax) newspaper readers tours. Operated by Dunedin Railways on behalf of Pounamu Tourism Group. Tour train aimed at cruise ship passengers running from Port Chalmers to Hindon. Hawkes Bay based tour operator with a travel club making regular use of our rail journeys.Ī South Island based luxury travel operator and promotor of the Marlborough Flyer tourist train, The Dunedin Taieri Gorge Train Tour and the Sir Edmund Hillary South Island Rail & Coach Tour. The prime objective of the Passchendaele Society is to increase community awareness and recognition of the events at Passchendaele and the Western Front related to the Great War of 1914-1918. Whanganui based tour operator that regularly coordinates coach tours with our train trips. Highlight trips include the North Pole Express and the Wizard Academy Train. Ontrack events specialise in immersive events and experiences that frequently use our train. Tour Operators and Event Organisers that use our trains plus other websites Only open for group bookings.Ī miniature railway at nearby Raumati Beach. 15,000 US Marines were based in our area during WWII.Ī new Kapiti café in Paraparumu utilising two ex Wellington English Electric multiple unit carriages. Aimed at preserving and promoting World War II US Armed Forces history in the Kapiti district. They have several of our smaller items on display. Paekakariki Station Museum, our neighbouring society. Wellington Tramway Museum and Kapiti Coast Electric Tramway located just up the road from us at Queen Elizabeth Park.ĭetails of all the museums in the Kapiti area. Features Marlborough Flyer, Kingston Flyer, Taieri Gorge and Coastal Pacific. The iconic Kingston Flyer tourist steam train has resumed operation running public trips on Sundays until early June 2023. The last season was curtailed because of Covid 19. Te Huia uses extensively rebuilt ex British Mark 2 carriages with diesel locos.Ī new summer steam hauled tourist train between Picton and Blenheim that we are associated with. Te Huia, new rail service running between Hamilton and Auckland. Daily Masterton trains use rebuilt ex British Mark 2 carriages hauled by diesel locos. Information on Wellington area suburban rail services including frequent Wellington to Masterton train services. The Capital Connection to Palmerston North uses ex British Mark 2 carriages. Passenger services include The Northern Explorer, Coastal Pacific, Tranz Alpine and the Capital Connection. NZ national rail operator, includes Great Journeys of New Zealand (long distance passenger services & Interislander ferries). Restoration of ex Wellington & Manawatu Railway cars takes place at Silverstream. An extensive archieves collection is based at Ava. One of our regularly operating steam locos, Ab608 Passchendaele is on long term lease from the NZRLS. Well known for its publications and research archives. Especially station buildings & goods sheds. Has a comprehensive register of significant NZ rail heritage items. Has listings of all preserved locomotives & rolling stock throughout NZ. Includes a listing of all rail museums & heritage rail operators in NZ.
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