Wellington to Auckland by train in 16 minutes

[@SPQRTempus]

7:56 - 8:03 is the Raurimu Spiral.

[@LostKiwi]

Somehow I watched the whole damn video, so mesmerising

[@eddiehayes1523]

Is there any change of time stamps showing us where the train was when? In the description or something, I mean. I'm from Christchurch and I'm not really familiar with the route north of the Kapiti Coast or south of Rangiriri.

[@robmainprize]

Awesome video - thanks for making it! There is so much beautiful and varied scenery in this beautiful country of ours. :-)

[@Moneytane1976]

Great video! I have been waiting ages for a nice continous video lapse of the overlander by day.

[@tangiers365]

i see heaps of the start is single track are there many passing loops? are the rails shared with freight?

[@barnsproductions]

Excellent video, but wouldn’t it make sense to electrify the whole of the NIMT, so dual-voltage electric locomotives could be used and thus eliminating the use of diesel traction?

[@sw6188]

It wouldn't take much to connect Pukekohe (which at the time of me typing this is having electrification extended to it from Papakura) to Hamilton. That would complete the system from Auckland to Palmerston North. Then it would just be a matter of electrifying between there and Waikanae and the entire NIMT would be electric. If the government is serious about reducing carbon emissions then it's a no brainer to extend the wires.

[@vincentxie3090]

What a journey!

[@rockyroo7521]

1:38 paraparaumu, where i usally go eveyday, 1:40 jut approaching Waikanae, my hometown :P

[@krissp8712]

3:10 is palmy!

[@tonymckeage1028]

Interesting Video, I think you should tell Jacinda about the speed you traveled! but don't tell Air New Zealand! thanks for sharing

[@jameshowitt2463]

When signal checked the engine seems to stand quite a way off the 'peg.

[@stanleybaker7121]

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[@sucharam3956]

Great video🎥

[@anthonybrunt46]

Awesome. Thanks so much.

[@MervynPartin]

Nice one. I did the journey South on the Silver Star sleeper in 1975, returning North on the Silver Fern. Beautiful country. Is there any reason why the Auckland -Wellington trains do not use Britomart?

[@michaelbennet9146]

Mervyn Partin, apparently when all the Auckland trains were electrified the exhaust fans for removing diesel fumes in britomart were decommissioned.

[@MervynPartin]

Thank you, Michael, for your prompt reply which completely answers my query. I visited Britomart on my visit to New Zealand in 2016 and was quite impressed with it so it seems a pity that the few remaining trains to and from Wellington cannot use it. Perhaps Kiwi Rail should reconsider their de-electrification plans on the North Island Main Trunk line and instead wire up the whole route! Thanks again....Mervyn Partin

[@michaelbennet9146]

Mervyn Partin we've had a change of government here, so it looks like the main trunk will retain its electrification. Expansion however probably won't be on the cards for many years, although it appears that the Auckland wires may be stretched to Pukekohe

[@MervynPartin]

Michael Bennet. That is good news. Over here in the UK, the electrification plans are in tatters! Regards, Mervyn

[@Konkacha]

​@@michaelbennet9146 It boggles my mind how little electrification there is left to do on the NIMT yet how people drag their feet with the idea of finishing electrification. Glad to see the de-electrification plan fell apart though. There's plenty of dual voltage locomotives available (even second-hand) and having freight fully electric would save a ton of dosh.

[@kiwi-eg5ld]

i love trains

[@MartyJM01]

Great idea Michael and well done. Just a smidge to fast but an interesting watch.

[@waseemarshadwaseemarshad26]

Very nice video.Awesome

[@voongnz]

About mach 2.1 avg speed.

[@samuellee9752]

I live at somewhere near 13:07... 13:12, what an interesting place.

[@norincobrocapri46]

Great work!

[@sw6188]

Is there any chance you could upload the entire video at its normal speed? I realize it would be 10 hours worth of file. Maybe you could do it as ten 1-hour instalments? I would love to see this at normal speed and I daresay many others would too.

[@awhesian]

Only 1 frame every 2 seconds, so the best your going to have to do is manually slow it down to a slideshow 😢

[@sw6188]

@@awhesian I understand. Maybe if you do another video in the future and it is possible, record at normal speed. That way there will be a full length version and you can also speed it up for KZbin purposes. Cheers.

[@awhesian]

@@sw6188 I’m not the creator just a random person :)

[@sw6188]

@@awhesian Sorry, I didn't see that. Thanks for the notification.

[@SteamboatWilley]

Hypnotic

[@theimaginationstation1899]

Strangely compelling.

[@stanleybaker7121]

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[@niftynige]

If only!

[@stevies.1975]

Far to quick for its own good. 3x speed would have been bearable, plus place names.....

[@awhesian]

That would have been hours long?

[@vincentxie3090]

They shortened it to 16 minutes

[@taadow]

i could watch this in normal time because Godzone is so beautiful...

[@origamichannelandotherstuf4766]

If you watched this in normal time it would be 10 hours

[@nzbuilder]

awesome day for it :)

[@tuguybear930]

Should slow it down by half. To fast to see anything interesting.

[@stanleybaker7121]

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[@DWtrainsNZ]

Not bad. It's just a bit too quick. Plus adding text as you pass through each town and city would have been a good idea. You could have also added some music to it but I'm well aware how difficult it is to find good music that fits a timelapse like this.

[@terryrack2534]

where is the freight? no wonder every one uses trucks.

[@michaelbennet9146]

Terry Rack, the lions share goes overnight between Auckland and Wellington.

[@drumsandstix128]

Churr Bro!

[@swiftbobber]

Those bullet trains have nothing on us

[@melclark1066]

This video is a good idea and should be really interesting. It's such a pity it's quality is appalling, making it quite unwatchable. it gave me a headache trying to watch.

[@robertbaird4822]

Pointless??????

[@terminallydrunk1900]

this is cool one day it will actually be this fast on our new billianarie doller mag lev project