List of named passenger trains of New Zealand

This article contains a list of named passenger trains in New Zealand.

Train Name	Railroad	Train Endpoints	First Run	Last Run
Bay Express	New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic	Wellington - Napier	01989 1989	02001 2001
Blue Streak	New Zealand Railways Department	1968: Auckland - Hamilton, 1968-72: Auckland - Wellington, 1972-77: Wellington - New Plymouth	01968 1968	01977 1977
Capital Connection	New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Metro, Tranz Scenic	Palmerston North - Wellington	01991 1991	present
Culverden Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Christchurch - Culverden (later Parnassus)	01886 1886	01945 1945?
Daylight Limited	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Auckland	01925 1925	01963 1963
Endeavour	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Napier (and for some years, Gisborne)	01972 1972	01989 1989
Geyserland Express	New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic	Auckland - Rotorua	01991 1991	02001 2001
Kaimai Express	New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic	Auckland - Tauranga	01991 1991	02001 2001
Kingston Flyer	New Zealand Railways Department	Gore and Invercargill - Kingston	01890 1890s	01957 1957
Lynx Express	Tranz Scenic	Picton - Christchurch	01994 1994	01995 1995
Napier Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Napier	01891 1891	01954 1954
New Plymouth Express	New Zealand Railways Department, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company	Wellington - New Plymouth	01886 1886	01955 1955
New Plymouth Night Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Auckland - New Plymouth	01933 1933	01983 1983
Night Limited	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Auckland	01924 1924	01971 1971
Northerner	New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic	Wellington - Auckland	01975 1975	02004 2004
Northland Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Auckland - Opua	01925 1925	01956 1956
Overlander	New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic	Wellington - Auckland	01991 1991	present
Picton Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Christchurch - Picton	01945 1945	01956 1956
Rotorua Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Auckland - Rotorua	01894 1894	01959 1959
Scenic Daylight	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Auckland	01963 1963	01968 1968
Seasider	Taieri Gorge Railway	Dunedin - Palmerston		present
Silver Fern	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Auckland	01972 1972	01991 1991
Silver Star	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Auckland	01971 1971	01979 1979
Southerner	New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic	Christchurch - Invercargill	01970 1970	02002 2002
South Island Limited	New Zealand Railways Department	Christchurch - Invercargill	01949 1949	01970 1970
Taieri Gorge Limited	Taieri Gorge Railway	Dunedin - Middlemarch or Pukerangi		present
Taneatua Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Auckland - Taneatua	01929 1929	01959 1959
Thames Express	New Zealand Railways Department	Auckland - Thames	01908 1908	01928 1928
TranzAlpine	New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic	Christchurch - Greymouth	01987 1987	present
TranzCoastal	New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic	Christchurch - Picton	01988 1988	present
Waikato Connection	Tranz Scenic	Hamilton - Auckland	02000 2000	02001 2001
Wairarapa Connection	New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Metro	Masterton - Wellington	01964 1964	present
Wairarapa Mail	New Zealand Railways Department	Wellington - Woodville	01909 1909	01948 1948