No commuter trains are running due to a 24 hour strike by Rail and Maritime Transport Union workers. Credit: Mark Mitchell

Trucking companies recognise that railways are needed as well as roads.

Rail workers have been forced into striking to protect hard-won terms, their union says.

The capital will have no trains at all tomorrow, in the largest strike action since 1994.

Fair wages and job security were among reasons transport unions protested earlier today.

KiwiRail locomotive engineer Alfred Wilson still isn't tired of the scenery.

Alexander Bisley traverses the Mainland on the Tranzalpine route.

Jane Jurgens finds four of the world's most beautiful rail trips.

Dubbed 'The Wall of Wood' the majority goes to China. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Sick, delirious soldier thought to have fallen from ship unnoticed.

Rail workers say they are striking over private companies trying to claw back conditions.

COMMENT: A $3 billion enterprise is cripplingly expensive compared to the Puhinui option.

Masked gang immobilise Auckland commuter train for spray paint attack.

Andrew Potter boards the 7.56am Eurostar service from Brussels to London.

Rail driver Wayne Sullivan had just taken control of a train at Kaikoura when quake struck

Roads and green space key issues in the marginal seat of Maungakiekie.

Quake-hit rail line between Picton and Christchurch set to reopen.

NZ First leader Winston Peters is pushing a revamped Super Gold Card for pensioners.

Transport is turning into a big contest between the parties on roads versus rail.

Helensville voter Peter Naber likes NZ First policy for trains to north-west Auckland.

Transport Minister rubbishes Labour's rapid rail bid for Tauranga, Hamilton and Auckland.

Rail Safety Week kicks off today with a focus on the dangers posed by headphones.

COMMENT: We need to see Jacinda thinking, not gushing.

Davis delivered the mongrel, Ardern the magic, as English tried to grab back initiative.

Labour is poised to ask Aucklanders to help pay for a rapid transit network.

National has a $2.6 billion election package to fix Auckland's chronic congestion.

Alexander Bisley rides from Auckland to Wellington and absorbs our spectacular scenery.

Helicopters are being used to muster Kaikoura seals away from quake-repair zones.

A $207m package for new trains to Pukekohe has been agreed by Auckland councillors today

The main excavation work on the City Rail Link has started in the Auckland CBD.