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NationalJanuary 26

Attacked train driver took refuge in cab

A KiwiRail driver was attacked on his train in the Manawatu town of Feilding early this morning.

DunedinOctober 21

Railway exhibition in city

It was all aboard at the Dunedin Railway Station on Saturday, when a rail exhibition rolled into the city.

DunedinOctober 2

4-day week as Kiwi Rail tender lost

Sixty-four Dunedin manufacturing workers will have their working week reduced by a day following KiwiRail's decision to award a manufacturing tender offshore.

DunedinJuly 4

Final day at Hillside

Kiwirail's closure of its Hillside Engineering Workshops is complete.

BusinessMay 22

KiwiRail may need $600m of asset-sale cash

Struggling KiwiRail may soak up almost $600 million, or a tenth of the cash raised from partly privatising state-owned power companies, Budget documents reveal.

NationalMay 20

KiwiRail accepts responsibility for accident

KiwiRail has accepted responsibility for an accident in which a young woman in a wheelchair was hit by a train at a level crossing in Auckland.

NationalApril 1

KiwiRail suspends Chch-Picton service

KiwiRail's decision to suspend its Coastal Pacific service between Christchurch and Picton over winter has been described by the rail union as "shortsighted and misguided".

DunedinFebruary 10

Kiwirail re-employs 17 Hillside staff.

Kiwirail says it has re-employed 17 staff made redundant from Hillside, of whom 11 remain working for the state-owned enterprise in Dunedin.

NationalJanuary 15

KiwiRail defends decision to close line

KiwiRail is defending its decision to close the Gisborne to Napier line as "robust" following an independent review that found the line could still be viable.

DunedinDecember 30

Derailment causes little delay

The derailment of two wagons on the main south rail line near Waitati on Friday night delayed two trains before damage to the tracks was repaired on Saturday morning, a KiwiRail spokeswoman said.

DunedinDecember 12

90 jobs to go in partial Hillside sale

Nearly 90 workers face redundancy, with the news only part of Kiwirail's Hillside Workshop in Dunedin has been sold.

DunedinNovember 20

Dunedin man turns detective over Hillside deal

A Dunedin man who started his career at Hillside claims there is something fishy about KiwiRail's tendering of 300 wagons to a Chinese company and has launched his own investigation into the deal.

DunedinNovember 16

Govt not to blame: KiwiRail chairman

Kiwirail takes full responsibility for its partial closure of Hillside Engineering Workshops and the redundancy of 90 workers, board of directors chairman John Spencer says.

NationalNovember 15

Mayor demands explanation after Auckland rail chaos

Auckland Mayor Len Brown has demanded an explanation from KiwiRail after two rail problems in little more than 12 hours caused commuter chaos.

DunedinNovember 9

Hillside sale announcement expected next week

Kiwirail is expected to announce a sale decision concerning its Hillside Engineering Workshops next week.

DunedinNovember 9

11 KiwiRail jobs to go in Dunedin; nine take redundancy

Just two of KiwiRail's Dunedin workers will be forced to take redundancy, as nine other infrastructure and engineering employees are voluntarily leaving the state-owned enterprise, the Otago Daily Times has been told.

DunedinSeptember 24

KiwiRail set to confirm Southern job cuts

Kiwirail management will meet staff in Dunedin today to deliver bad news about job cuts in its infrastructure and engineering division.

DunedinSeptember 18

KiwiRail expected to give job-cut numbers today

KiwiRail management is today expected to announce a final decision on the number of jobs it will cut, at a meeting with delegates of the Rail and Maritime Transport Union (RMTU) in Wellington.

DunedinSeptember 11

16 KiwiRail jobs may go

More than one-third of KiwiRail's 45 Dunedin-based infrastructure and engineering staff could lose their jobs as the company tries to trim costs.

DunedinSeptember 11

Curran attacks KiwiRail over report injunction

MP Clare Curran has attacked KiwiRail for taking legal action to stop publication of a leaked internal report outlining its plans to slash jobs and network maintenance over the next three years.

DunedinSeptember 11

Hillside workshops could be closed: KiwiRail report

Dunedin's Hillside Engineering Workshops will be closed if they are not sold, a KiwiRail report states, prompting a visit to the facility by Labour leader David Shearer.

NationalSeptember 1

KiwiRail slated over infected sleepers

Heads should roll at KiwiRail after the state-owned company imported wooden sleepers infested with fungi not found in New Zealand, minority party New Zealand First says.

BusinessAugust 29

KiwiRail: Flickers of hope amid tough calls

KiwiRail's financial report for the year ended June showed glimmers of hope for an eventual turnaround in the rail network operator's fortunes, but chief executive Jim Quinn realises there is still a way to go.

DunedinAugust 17

'1970s' technology bought by KiwiRail

KiwiRail bought 1970s technology when it bought new locomotives from China, but now has an opportunity to put matters right, one of its former long-serving senior engineers says.

DunedinAugust 14

Curran decries decision to buy Chinese locomotives

The Government's decision to buy locomotives designed and manufactured in China is a "debacle", Dunedin South MP Clare Curran says.