A painted cardboard train was paraded through central Wellington today in a push for a light rail system to be given the go-ahead.

A fatal train crash in New York that killed four people and injured 60 others could be a case of 'highway hypnosis'.

It was hard to believe we were whooshing through South Auckland at 112km/h between high-speed braking trials on the first electric train, writes Mathew Dearnaley.

Ninety years after Auckland's leaders began hankering after electric trains in 1923, the city is poised to join the world of modern rail transport.

There's no better way to cross Canada than on a train, says Anthony Lambert.

On a rail trip from the capital, Pamela Wade is enraptured by the North Island's emerald green beauty and looming mountains.

After 70 years with the country's railways, octogenarian tradesman Ron Jones is nowhere near ready to hang up his overalls.

Passengers on Auckland's new electric trains - the first of which was unveiled yesterday - will enjoy the spaciousness of open carriages from one end to the other.

Auckland Transport has sacked a senior manager amid an investigation into allegations of corruption over roading contracts.

The 18-year-old who died after the van she was in plunged off an alpine highway had given birth last year.

A van that plunged down a cliff in the central South Island yesterday, killing a woman and injuring five others, did not have any back seats, investigators say.

Shrouded in bubble-wrap, the first of Auckland's 57 new electric trains has arrived from its Spanish factory.

Auckland Transport has called on external investigators to guide its inquiry into corruption claims and has stood down a senior manager on indefinite leave.

Two large public transport organisations - Auckland Transport and KiwiRail - are holding inquiries into separate allegations of corruption over contracts.

Actor Jamie Robinson (pictured) is one of two spandex-clad human railroad crossings in Auckland.

Auckland Transport is resisting pressure from TV3's owners to buy them out of their studios above the city's underground rail project.

A pregnant mother who ran more than 2km after an Auckland train cut her off from her three young sons has received an apology from the rail company.

Rail supporters say transport chiefs are being short-sighted in wanting to close a station next to where hundreds of new homes are planned for South Auckland.

Aucklanders can either introduce road tolls, or higher rates and fuel taxes to address the city's transport funding gap, a new high-level report shows.

Rodney Hide is immensely pleased the new Auckland Council and the Government have agreed on a multibillion-dollar way forward for Auckland transport.

A downtown Auckland shopping centre will be demolished to make way for the multibillion-dollar Central Rail Link.

It took a car wreck to turn Nik Kennedy into a diehard rail commuter, in the dark days before Britomart, but now he wouldn't turn back the clock.

Don Kavanagh falls in love with cross-country travel the way people used to do it.

Railway museum stays on track by fusing history with fun, says Vincent Morello.

Auckland Transport boss Lester Levy won't rule out ditching rail operator Veolia if it can't shape up.