Much of New Zealand Railways' locomotives and rolling stock were once built there, although there's little left to show for it..! The new station is some 3km from the city centre, but taxis and shuttles shared minibus taxis are available. Until the recent earthquake, Christchurch's original station well, the building opened in though built to a design first published in still stood on Moorhouse Avenue to the south of the city centre where it had become the 'Science Alive' entertainment centre.
The TranzAlpine is the most scenic train journey in New Zealand, and one of the most scenic train trips in the world. Not surprisingly, it's become the most successful of all the Kiwi Rail Great Journeys passenger train services, very popular with tour groups because of the spectacular crossing of the Southern Alps between Christchurch and the South Island's west coast at Greymouth. It's a fantastic trip, though in my opinion neither as epic or as historically-significant as the Auckland-Wellington Northern Explore r.
Once important cities, Dunedin and Invercargill have declined in importance and apparently no longer justify a proper train service to the rest of New Zealand.
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Nowadays, anyone wishing to reach these towns must endure a long bus journey from Christchurch. Here are the main bus services, although an additional bus may run on Fridays and Sundays. You can check fares and book bus tickets online at www. There were never any train services to Queenstown, although historically you might have taken a slow train from Invercargill to Kingston the preserved Kingston Flyer train uses part of this route , then a steamer across Lake Wakatipu to Queenstown, a route on which Queenstown's famous year old working steamship Earnslaw would have worked.
Today, there are bus services operated by several companies.
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You can check times, fares and book bus tickets online at www. However, you can still ride the Taieri Gorge Railway www. Leaving from the beautiful and much-photographed railway station in Dunedin's town centre, it travels a few kilometres south over the South Island Main Trunk Line still well-used for freight but sadly with no passenger service before branching off inland through the scenic gorge that gives the line its name.
Highly recommended! The Taieri Gorge Railway now also operates a tourist train called the Seasider along the main line between Dunedin and Palmerston.
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Rolling through a river gorge Sadly this no longer operates. Make sure you take a good guidebook. The Lonely Planets and Rough Guides are easily the best out there for the independent traveller. Both guides provide an excellent level of practical information and historical and cultural background. You won't regret buying one of these guides..! Some recommended hotels In Auckland , the Airedale Hotel or Mercure Auckland Hotel are both sound central choices, the latter right near the Britomart station and Devonport ferry terminal, though not the cheapest options. In Wellington , the Shepherds Arms Hotel is a cosy gastro pub just 15 minutes walk from Parliament and the city centre with friendly staff, great food and good beer.
A top choice! You can usually book with free cancellation - this allows you to confirm your accommodation at no risk before train booking opens. It also means you can hold accommodation while you finalise your itinerary, and alter your plans as they evolve - a feature I use all the time when putting a trip together. I never book hotels non-refundably. I have also come to trust their review scores - you won't be disappointed with anything over 8.
Though if there's not much in it, I prefer keeping all my bookings together in one place at www. Hostelworld offers online booking of cheap private rooms or dorm beds in backpacker hostels in many places in New Zealand at rock-bottom prices. But a long-haul flight might be unavoidable to reach New Zealand in the first place.
Make the airport experience a little more bearable with a VIP lounge pass, it's not as expensive as you think!
See www. Always take out travel insurance It should also cover cancellation and loss of cash and belongings, up to a sensible limit. An annual multi-trip policy is usually cheaper than several single-trip policies even for just 2 or 3 trips a year, I have an annual policy myself.
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