KiwiRail

KiwiRail is slashing the number of Overlander train trips between Auckland and Wellington and will revamp the service.

The Government and KiwiRail have been accused of showing disrespect and disregard for Dunedin with the unexpected announcement the KiwiRail Hillside Engineering was for sale.

KiwiRail is seeking expressions of interest for the sale of Dunedin's Hillside Workshops.

A petition to save Hillside jobs has been rejected by a parliamentary select committee.

KiwiRail's controversial decision to have its new freight wagons made in China may have backfired.

Kiwirail is seeking to rehire six rail engineers to work at its Hillside Workshops in South Dunedin on fixed-term contracts.

An accident in which two locomotives collided and crushed a man's leg at the Dunedin Rail yard last year cost the company tens of thousands of dollars and has resulted in a review of safety procedures.

Some workers made redundant earlier this year at KiwiRail's Hillside Engineering workshops may be rehired on short-term contracts following talks yesterday between management and the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU).

The first rake of railway carriages to be designed and built in New Zealand since 1941 rolled out of Hillside workshops in Dunedin yesterday, bound for Christchurch.

The union behind redundant Hillside rail workers has renewed calls for Parliament to address the concerns of almost 14,000 people who want to keep rail-manufacturing jobs in New Zealand.