Travel south by train from Picton to the 'Garden City' of Christchurch on the railway TranzCoastal. This journey is a scenic feast with the Kaikoura mountain ranges on one side of your train and the rugged Pacific Ocean coastline on the other. Along the way you pass though the village of Kaikoura, where you can break your journey to take in the whale watching or dare to get closer and swim with the dolphins. Then it's onto the rolling farmland of North Canterbury, across the Waimakariri River and through the suburban gardens of Christchurch.
Travel through some of New Zealand's finest horticultural and farmland areas, and see amazing wildlife such as dolphins, seals and penguins from the comfort of your carriage.
The TranzCoastal travels through 22 tunnels and crosses 175 bridges, one of them being New Zealand's only road-rail bridge.
The TranzCoastal includes an open air viewing carriage where all your senses are awakened with the clean, fresh, sea air.
Rail ticket one-way options include: - Picton to Christchurch
- Blenheim to Christchurch
- Kaikoura to Christchurch
- Picton to Kaikoura
- Blenheim to Kaikoura
Picton / Christchurch (347 kilometers - 215 miles): - 1:00pm - Picton
- 1:33pm - Blenheim
- 2:02pm - Seddon
- 3:28pm - Kaikoura
- 4:37pm - Mina
- 5:30pm - Waipara
- 5:57pm - Rangiora
- 6:21pm - Christchurch
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