KiwiRail seeks backload for new coastal service from Auckland to Christchurch.

KiwiRail seeks backload for new coastal service from Auckland to Christchurch.
Jonathan Underhill
By Jonathan Underhill Nov. 28 (BusinessDesk) - KiwiRail has announced a workaround for rail lines severed by the Kaikoura earthquake - a coastal shipping service from Auckland to Christchurch. Its NZ Connect service will ship cargo from Auckland’s Wiri Inland Port and KiwiRail’s Southdown Freight Hub to Lyttelton’s Midland Port or KiwiRail’s Christchurch terminal using shipping services supply by Australia's ANL shipping services, the state-owned railroad said in a statement. “The disruption to New Zealand’s key supply route between Au...