Passengers on the Taieri Gorge train look out over the winding Taieri river gorge in a mountainous Otago landscape.

Railway Stories

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Every journey has a story

The railway through and beyond Dunedin was built to connect people and places.

Along the way are stories of engineering, communities, railway workers, changing industries and the people who fought to keep part of the railway alive.

Today, those stories travel with us.

Hear them onboard

Live onboard storytelling brings the route to life as the train travels. Learn why the railway was built, how engineers carried it through difficult terrain and how its purpose has changed over generations.

Two passengers look out the Taieri Gorge train window at a rocky Taieri river gorge with a distant bridge.