This article contains a list of named passenger trains in New Zealand.

Train Name Operator Train Endpoints First Run Last Run Bay Express New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic Wellington - Napier Blue Streak New Zealand Railways Department 1968: Auckland - Hamilton, 1968-72: Auckland - Wellington, 1972-77: Wellington - New Plymouth Capital Connection New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Metro, Tranz Scenic, KiwiRail Palmerston North - Wellington present Coastal Pacific (formerly TranzCoastal) New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic, KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, The Great Journeys of New Zealand, Great Journeys New Zealand Christchurch - Picton present Culverden Express New Zealand Railways Department Christchurch - Culverden (later Parnassus) ? Daylight Limited New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Auckland Endeavour New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Napier (and for some years, Gisborne) Geyserland Express New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic Auckland - Rotorua Kaimai Express New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic Auckland - Tauranga Kingston Flyer New Zealand Railways Department Gore and Invercargill - Kingston s Lynx Express Tranz Scenic Picton - Christchurch Napier Express New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Napier New Plymouth Express New Zealand Railways Department, Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company Wellington - New Plymouth New Plymouth Night Express New Zealand Railways Department Auckland - New Plymouth Night Limited New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Auckland Northern Explorer KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, The Great Journeys of New Zealand, Great Journeys New Zealand Wellington - Auckland present Northerner New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic Wellington - Auckland Northland Express New Zealand Railways Department Auckland - Opua Overlander New Zealand Rail, Tranz Scenic Wellington - Auckland Picton Express New Zealand Railways Department Christchurch - Picton Rotorua Express New Zealand Railways Department Auckland - Rotorua Scenic Daylight New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Auckland Seasider Dunedin Railways Dunedin - Palmerston 2002 present Silver Fern New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Auckland Silver Star New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Auckland Southerner New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Scenic Christchurch - Invercargill South Island Limited New Zealand Railways Department Christchurch - Invercargill Taieri Gorge Limited Dunedin Railways Dunedin - Middlemarch or Pukerangi 1987 present Taneatua Express New Zealand Railways Department Auckland - Taneatua Te Huia KiwiRail Auckland - Hamilton present Thames Express New Zealand Railways Department Auckland - Thames TranzAlpine New Zealand Railways Corporation, Tranz Scenic, KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, The Great Journeys of New Zealand, Great Journeys New Zealand Christchurch - Greymouth present Waikato Connection Tranz Scenic Hamilton - Auckland Wairarapa Connection New Zealand Railways Department, Tranz Metro, Metlink Masterton - Wellington present Wairarapa Mail New Zealand Railways Department Wellington - Woodville