An advocate for disabled people says the Auckland train crossing where a wheelchair-bound woman nearly died was in "an appalling state" and has detailed another near-miss.

A wheelchair-bound woman who was hit by a freight train in Auckland remains in a critical condition following a desperate rescue attempt.

It looked look a simple task of helping a woman whose wheelchair was stuck on train tracks. But Matthieu Mereau was soon locked in a desperate struggle for her life and his own.

Cherie Howie takes in the Outback from the Indian Pacific train.

One of New Zealand's most enduring works of fiction is the Auckland rail timetable, writes Peter Lyons. I ventured back on to the trains last week after being banned several years ago.

Auckland Council's chief planner says he wants the inner-city rail link completed by 2021, despite the Government saying there is a stronger case for building it almost a decade later.

Up to 150 people walked into the hills flanking the Wharerata Hills south of Gisborne yesterday to pay homage to those who lost their lives working to give the region a railway link to Napier.

Marking 50 years of work at the Hillside foundry, Roger Parsons yesterday poured the last KiwiRail cast on site before heading to his local for a beer.

More than 600 people have had their travel plans disrupted by a computer glitch on Interislander's trouble-plagued ferry Aratere today.

Editorial: The reactions of Len Brown and Gerry Brownlee when the City Centre Future Access Study was released made it seem barely conceivable they had read the same report.

A light rail network could link Wellington's CBD with the city's south and east.

Gerry Brownlee and Len Brown have clashed over a report recommending plans for Auckland's proposed rail link. Do we need it? Vote here.

Government suspected of blocking plans to build wagons in Dunedin.

A majority of Aucklanders want the Government to make a significant contribution to the $2.86 billion city rail link, a new poll shows.