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  2. TranzAlpine - Wikipedia

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    The TranzAlpine is a passenger train operated by the Great Journeys New Zealand division of KiwiRail in the South Island of New Zealand over the Midland Line; often regarded to be one of the world's great train journeys for the scenery through which it passes (see famous trains). The journey is 223 kilometres (139 mi) one-way, taking almost ...

  3. Transport in Milford Sound - Wikipedia

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    Milford Sound is a fjord in the southwest of the South Island of New Zealand, located in Fiordland, the most remote and least populated region of the country.Divided from more populous areas to the east by the high southern spurs of the Southern Alps, its only entry apart from a difficult mountain road is a narrow channel to the Tasman Sea, which explorer Captain Cook did not enter during his ...

  4. Great Journeys New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    The new brand, named KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, was launched with new AK-class carriages designed to showcase New Zealand's scenery, [9] as well as providing long-distance passenger train services. During the transformation, the TranzCoastal train was rebranded as the Coastal Pacific and the Overlander became the Northern Explorer ; whereas the ...

  5. RealNZ - Wikipedia

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    RealNZ is a New Zealand tourism company based in Queenstown.The company offers a range of travel, cruises and excursions in Queenstown, Milford Sound / Piopiotahi, Te Anau, Fiordland and Stewart Island / Rakiura. [1]

  6. Milford Sound - Wikipedia

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    Milford Sound attracts between 550,000 and 1 million visitors per year. [29] [30] This makes the sound one of New Zealand's most-visited tourist spots even with its remote location and long journey times from the nearest population centres. [4] Many tourists take one of the boat tours which usually last one to two hours.

  7. Rail transport in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Rail transport in New Zealand is an integral part of New Zealand's transport network, with a nationwide network of 4,375.5 km (2,718.8 mi) of track linking most major cities in the North and South Islands, connected by inter-island rail and road ferries.

  8. Midland Line, New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    The TranzAlpine, hauled by two DC class locomotives.. The Midland line is a 212 km section of railway between Rolleston and Greymouth in the South Island of New Zealand.The line features five major bridges, five viaducts and 17 tunnels, the longest of which is the Otira tunnel.

  9. List of railway lines in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    In 1981 NZR was corporatised as the New Zealand Railways Corporation, and in 1991 New Zealand Rail Limited was split from the corporation. New Zealand Rail was privatised in 1993 (and later renamed Tranz Rail), with the New Zealand Railways Corporation retaining the land (due to Treaty of Waitangi claims on land taken for railway construction ...

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