The Transport Minister and the mayor of Auckland have clashed over a report recommending plans for the city's transport network.

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.

Herald Online reporter Paul Harper is making his way around the South Island by rail over the course of a fortnight. Here are some of the highlights of his trip so far.

Greg Rules uses his seven-day rail pass to travel from Tokyo to Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima and to the Hakone mountains and lakes district before returning to Tokyo.

The Transport Minister says repairing the Napier to Gisborne rail line can't be justified, even as the Government spends millions towards new passing bays between the cities.

Travelling by train with a young family turns the journey into part of the holiday, as Mark Rowe has discovered.

KiwiRail has announced it will cut 20 per cent of its infrastructure and engineering workforce, with the loss of 158 jobs by the end of next month.

The Amtrak Empire Builder may not be the most elegant train in the world, but the wide Montana scenery more than makes up for it.

Council transport chairman cites lack of competition for the high outlays.