Rail rides are still alive thanks to dedicated societies, clubs and businesses that keep trains chugging, Kelly Lynch heads out on the rails.

For a city striving to be "world class", forcing the inter-city rail service out of Britomart to a jerry-built shipping container "kiosk", 1.4km away in the old shunting yards, is bizarre, writes Brian Rudman.

It is thought to be one of the highest emotional harm payments awarded in this country.

Sharp contrasts between Auckland and Wellington rail costs are blamed by a consultant on differences in each city's passenger services.

Auckland Transport is negotiating with four parties on the last remaining properties standing in the way of its $2.5 billion City Rail Link.

However, it had a much better 12 months to June 30 than a year earlier, improving EBITA 17 per cent to $91 million.

KiwiRail is defending an almost threefold Onehunga ground rent hike, saying it must take a commercial approach.

Auckland Transport is taking legal action to force owners of Eden Terrace properties to sell up for the $2.5 billion City Rail Link.

Auckland Transport is warning passengers of potential bedding-in glitches after it replaces diesel trains this morning with electrics.

In a $14 billion transport budget a $100 million a year for rail to reduce road congestion is very sustainable, writes Richard Prebble.

A teenager charged after train surfing in Wellington has been made to meet a woman who lost her limbs in a train crash.

Two regular public transport users — Roger Hall on the buses and Barry Jenkins on the trains — share the trials of recent rides.

Transport planners can do so much more with wheels on roads that it is hard to fathom their attachment to iron rails, writes John Roughan.

Things often get worse before they get better, but for long-suffering Auckland rail passengers the prelude to electric trains is beyond a joke.

Months of delays and cancellations on the city rail network have brought an acknowledgment of problems from Auckland Transport - coupled with a warning that it's not over yet.

A 21-year-old learner driver caught the attention of police when he decide to take his birthday present for a joy-ride on the railway line at Abbotsford.

Campaigners want Auckland Transport to grant rail services from Swanson to Waitakere a stay of execution.

Aucklanders facing a new transport rate are paying "far too much" to subsidise the city's trains.

Trains between Wellington and Ngaio have been suspended until further notice following a landslip just south of Crofton Downs.

Police believe they know the identity of a pedestrian who died when he was hit by a train in Auckland this morning.

A former National MP and author of The Good Lobbyist's Guide, has been getting in ministers' ears, urging them to stop subsidising the loss-making operations of KiwiRail.

Auckland Transport is accused of softening up rail commuters for slower trips on new electric trains by adding three minutes to its western line timetable.

An investigation which found Chinese workers weren't exploited while fixing KiwiRail trains 'stinks of a cover up' says Labour MP Trevor Mallard.

Two Auckland passenger trains are being investigated for running red lights within a 12-hour period.

Auckland train commuters have faced delays today because of a “crew matter”.

Artists' impressions of Auckland's City Rail Link include a new underground station at Karangahape Rd built to resemble a stingray.

Downtown Auckland faces big traffic and public transport challenges with construction on the $2.5 billion underground railway to Mt Eden starting soon.

Plans for Auckland Transport's ambitious $2.4 billion City Rail Link project are gathering speed, as it secures more real estate along the route.