A KiwiRail inspection vehicle travels down the railway line between Port Chalmers and Dunedin.
Photos by Peter McIntosh.
Alarm bells rang yesterday when it appeared a wayward tourist was driving a campervan along the railway line between Port Chalmers and Dunedin.
Senior Sergeant Mel Aitken, of Dunedin, said a Roseneath resident contacted police about 6.30pm and officers were dispatched to investigate.
Fortunately, it turned out to be a KiwiRail inspection vehicle, which has been checking the lines south of Picton.
KiwiRail southern service manager Neil Campbell said there had been several calls to police about "a wayward tourist on the lines" during their journey south.
"We appreciate the public taking an interest in what appears to be a campervan on the railway."
Their journey would conclude in Invercargill today, he said.
