The ''Seasider'' is a
tourist
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train
In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often k ...
in the
South Island
The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasma ...
of
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
, operated by the
Dunedin Railways along the
Main South Line
The Main South Line, sometimes referred to as part of the South Island Main Trunk Railway, is a railway line that runs north and south from Lyttelton in New Zealand through Christchurch and along the east coast of the South Island to Inv ...
between the historic
Dunedin Railway Station and
Palmerston once or twice a week in the summer months and occasionally during winter. Since the demise of the ''
Southerner'' in February 2002 it has been the only regular passenger train on this stretch of line.
Further reading
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External links
Dunedin Railways - the Seasider
Long-distance passenger trains in New Zealand
Rail transport in Otago
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