# List of named passenger trains of New Zealand

This article contains a list of named passenger trains in New Zealand.
| Train Name | Operator | Train Endpoints | First Run | Last Run |
| Bay Express | New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic | Wellington - Napier | 1989 | 2001 |
| Blue Streak | New Zealand Railways Department | 1968: Auckland - Hamilton, 1968-72: Auckland - Wellington, 1972-77: Wellington - New Plymouth | 1968 | 1977 |
| Capital Connection | New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Metro, Tranz Scenic, KiwiRail | Palmerston North - Wellington | 1991 | present |
| Coastal Pacific (formerly TranzCoastal) | New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic, KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, The Great Journeys of New Zealand, Great Journeys New Zealand | Christchurch - Picton | 1988 | present |
| Culverden Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Christchurch - Culverden (later Parnassus) | 1886 | 1945? |
| Daylight Limited | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Auckland | 1925 | 1963 |
| Endeavour | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Napier (and for some years, Gisborne) | 1972 | 1989 |
| Geyserland Express | New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic | Auckland - Rotorua | 1991 | 2001 |
| Kaimai Express | New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic | Auckland - Tauranga | 1991 | 2001 |
| Kingston Flyer | New Zealand Railways Department | Gore and Invercargill - Kingston | 1890s | 1957 |
| Lynx Express | Tranz Scenic | Picton - Christchurch | 1994 | 1995 |
| Napier Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Napier | 1891 | 1954 |
| New Plymouth Express | New Zealand Railways Department, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company | Wellington - New Plymouth | 1886 | 1955 |
| New Plymouth Night Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Auckland - New Plymouth | 1933 | 1983 |
| Night Limited | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Auckland | 1924 | 1971 |
| Northern Explorer | KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, The Great Journeys of New Zealand, Great Journeys New Zealand | Wellington - Auckland | 2012 | present |
| Northerner | New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic | Wellington - Auckland | 1975 | 2004 |
| Northland Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Auckland - Opua | 1925 | 1956 |
| Overlander | New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic | Wellington - Auckland | 1991 | 2012 |
| Picton Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Christchurch - Picton | 1945 | 1956 |
| Rotorua Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Auckland - Rotorua | 1894 | 1959 |
| Scenic Daylight | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Auckland | 1963 | 1968 |
| Seasider | Dunedin Railways | Dunedin - Palmerston | 2002 | present |
| Silver Fern | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Auckland | 1972 | 1991 |
| Silver Star | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Auckland | 1971 | 1979 |
| Southerner | New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic | Christchurch - Invercargill | 1970 | 2002 |
| South Island Limited | New Zealand Railways Department | Christchurch - Invercargill | 1949 | 1970 |
| Taieri Gorge Limited | Dunedin Railways | Dunedin - Middlemarch or Pukerangi | 1987 | present |
| Taneatua Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Auckland - Taneatua | 1929 | 1959 |
| Te Huia | KiwiRail | Auckland - Hamilton | 2021 | present |
| Thames Express | New Zealand Railways Department | Auckland - Thames | 1908 | 1928 |
| TranzAlpine | New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic, KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, The Great Journeys of New Zealand, Great Journeys New Zealand | Christchurch - Greymouth | 1987 | present |
| Waikato Connection | Tranz Scenic | Hamilton - Auckland | 2000 | 2001 |
| Wairarapa Connection | New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Metro, Metlink | Masterton - Wellington | 1964 | present |
| Wairarapa Mail | New Zealand Railways Department | Wellington - Woodville | 1909 | 1948 |