The Government will invest an initial $250 million as part of a $4.6 billion long term plan to turn around KiwiRail, Prime Minister John Key announced today.
Mr Key said $750m would be committed "in principle" over the next three years.
The announcement was part of a plan to get the rail freight business sustainable within a decade.
The lion's share of this $4.6b would come from the business itself.
Labour purchased Toll NZ Ltd in July 2008 for $690m and renamed it KiwiRail. The National Party criticised the move at the time.