Revival of the North Auckland Railway Line

[@slambo70]

Lovely footage. I was part of the tunnel level lowering team, was a great experience. Now let's utilize this!

[@shorty9055]

What a fantastic video. Without a doubt one the best New Zealand Railways videos I've seen. Awesome

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video, Good to see the line being used and productive

[@philiphunt2313]

Great video. Specially liked the shot in the heavy rain shower!

[@paulmiller591]

Good work well done. Great to see line being used well.

[@jtangaere1]

Great video, excellent production values. Thanks a lot.

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers!

[@ABTrainsYT]

Auckland to Whangārei passenger train when? Even if it’s 2 or 4 trains a day

[@rikisimeti7955]

Superb video! I really need to chase Train 120 at some point. I have Chased Train 129 twice though. But anyways great video!

[@danley4779]

God you do a good job. Thanks for the footage xx

[@tutekohe1361]

Great shots, great sound. Excellent video!

[@GTown054]

Amazing footage😎😎!! Keep up the awesome work, you have my LIKE👍👍!!!

[@MrSeebsy]

Absolutely breathtaking scenery! I've been to 'Fung-a-ray'

[@cliffleigh7450]

Excellent use of the drone.

[@rexbrown2988]

Beautifully scenic . I'm thinking that there must be a lot of maintenance on the line . The land looks soft and gentle .

[@carstoncrew1]

I would have liked to have seen more place names especially Kumeu as the train would have gone through there. As a child and then a teenager rail was the only way we could travel North... or to Auckland. Thanks for your videos on NZ trains as I do enjoy them.

[@GuitarStudiodot]

Awesome video - some incredible footage in there

[@Emmanuel4334]

I enjoyed this video, nice job bro 👍 if only the rotorua branch could see life again and the gisborne line. Quick question 🤔 👀 if the Nal is getting back on its feet does this mean the Dargaville line will get some maintenance cause back in 2015 when I worked with kiwirail some of the guys told me the condition is bad sleepers are gone...

[@TNZvideos]

We can certainly dream! Haven’t heard much on the Dargaville branch unfortunately

[@Emmanuel4334]

@@TNZvideos I just can't wait to see more freight on the line

[@Riga.Mortus]

Wow i noticed passenger cars, where do i get tickets ti ride it.

[@ceegnz]

Nice use of camera audio on the drone shots, well done ! And you must have a nicely waterproof drone !

[@TNZvideos]

Thanks much appreciated, was a quick 5 min downpour so the drone did suffer a bit haha

[@davidlipscombe916]

One question at 6:10 you showed the Northerner , were they trialing that to on the line too ?

[@Timmo737]

Fantastic video. Well done! 👍👏

[@farmerfarmerer3847]

10/10 for quality filming, but where is the actual Northern part of it? Wellsford is Auckland.

[@danieleyre8913]

How many freight movements is it seeing now it’s been renovated? And have they begun the connection to Marsden point yet? Some absolutely stunning scenery here. Could be a route for tourist trains once the world gets over the pandemic?

[@C.S.RailPhotography]

2 trains a day at the moment

[@danieleyre8913]

@@C.S.RailPhotography Hmm not heavy traffic. Still that might change when the link to Marsden point get finished, Has it even commenced yet?

[@C.S.RailPhotography]

@@danieleyre8913 i dont think they have started the actual tracklaying yet but there was alot of equipment and rails etc

[@danieleyre8913]

@@C.S.RailPhotography It will be quite a big project that will require significant earthworks, take over 12 months, and will cost many millions.

[@C.S.RailPhotography]

@@danieleyre8913 yes i know, they had all the earthworks equipment in whangarei last time i was up there

[@Rawrnz]

top notch stuff young fellow :)

[@TNZvideos]

Cheers Steve!

[@SaurabhAnupamSahu]

Wow ... #SaurabhAnupamSahu

[@NoProb4Rob]

Genuine question: How does it take nearly 8 hours to move it from Auckland to Whangarei?

[@TNZvideos]

The way the line was built back in the 1800/1900’s made it very whindy, for example State Highway One goes over the Bryderwyns with ease, while the rail takes a massive detour through Maungaturoto etc. In saying that, it definitely won’t take as long once the line overhaul is complete, will take off around 2 hours atleast I’d say

[@davidlipscombe916]

@@TNZvideos My family and I did the trip to Auckland in the mid 60's on a Fiat Railcar and the trip took around 4.5 -5 hrs and that was just before it was discontinued , and that was when the NZR Road Services buses took 3-3.5 hours to do the same trip .

[@mikemontagne2703]

Any plans for passenger services, if not already available? A relaxing, 2~hours each way taking in Lovely NEW ZEALAND scenery what a treat!

[@danieleyre8913]

@@mikemontagne2703 It would take more than 2 hours to get between Auckland and Whāngarei along that line. It might happen again in the future one day. But there currently isn’t enough demand to run a locomotive and carriage service between the two cities. And Kiwirail doesn’t have any lower capacity, lower running cost dedicated railcars anymore.

[@n.f.railphotography7185]

Great video Finn:)

[@TNZvideos]

Thanks Nathan, cheers

[@philipjp01]

Not exactly fast rail

[@janelliott679]

I love the expression I heard yesterday on TVNZ ' House Relocations' show. If you love watching trains you're a 'foamer'.. lol. A couple had bought a train carriage for $10 K to do up and live in. Wish it was still working and not being sold..

[@TNZvideos]

Yes I was there at the time as part of the Glenbrook crew, escorting the camera crew - was certainly a good watch

[@Dark_knight1980]

Transport industry , kiwi rail , upgrading from road to rail good and bad things may happen .