KiwiRail

KiwiRail Holdings Limited
Company typeState-Owned Enterprise
IndustryRail transport, shipping, property management
PredecessorToll NZ
Founded1 July 2008 (2008-07-01)
Headquarters,
New Zealand
Area served
New Zealand
Key people
Peter Reidy (CEO),[1]
David McClean (Chair)[2]
ProductsGreat Journeys New Zealand
ServicesRail freight
Inter-island ferries
Long-distance passenger rail
RevenueIncrease NZ$682.9 million[3]
Increase NZ$25.7 million (FY2018-19)[3]
Increase NZ-$324.9 million (FY2018-19)[3]
Number of employees
4,213[4]
Divisions
SubsidiariesKiwiRail Limited
Websitewww.kiwirail.co.nz

KiwiRail Holdings Limited is a New Zealand state-owned enterprise (SOE) responsible for rail operations in New Zealand and operates inter-island ferries. Trading as KiwiRail and headquartered at 604 Great South Road, Ellerslie, KiwiRail is the largest rail transport operator in New Zealand. KiwiRail has business units of KiwiRail Freight, Great Journeys New Zealand and Interislander.[5] The company was formed in 2008 when the government renationalised above-rail operations (having previously renationalised the network in 2004) and inter-island ferry operations, then owned by Toll Holdings. In 2021, the government launched the New Zealand Rail Plan, with funding for rail projects to come from the National Land Transport Fund (NLTF), and with KiwiRail remaining an SOE but paying Track Access Charges (TACs) to use the network.

  1. ^ "Executive Team". KiwiRail. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. ^ "David McLean appointed as KiwiRail chair". Beehive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "KiwiRail Integrated Report 2019". Archived from the original on 10 June 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. ^ "KiwiRail Half Year Report 31 Dec 2020". Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 March 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Our leadership". KiwiRail. 22 March 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2024.