Guess which engine’s coming out on Sunday! Yes – Gabriel. Just for the day – Sunday 27th August Come and meet our star steam loco – the only one of her kind in the world. Trains depart 10am, 12 noon…
Gabriel is running on Sunday
Train running on Friday, Saturday and Sunday every weekend – diesels
Our trains are running every Friday, Saturday and Sunday every weekend (the cancelled trains on 11th are now running). Trains depart from Kawakawa Railway Station at 10am, 12 noon and 2pm (wet or dry weather) for a trip about 1…
No trains on Sunday 11th June
BOIVR regrets and sincerely apologises that we are unable to run any trains on Sunday 11th June, 2023. We are staff are much depleted being off with ‘flu, and, unfortunately, our driver rang in sick. We have no-one else available.…
Train / Cycleway information – at 8th August 2023
The cycleway is now clear between Kawakawa and Taumarere (29th July 2023) Railway Map 2023 For cyclists – instead of a fare, a Gold coin Koha /Donation is requested between Lone Cow (at Akeake) and Taumarere stations. Estimated arrival and…
Train running –
Daily trains are running up to and including . They depart from Kawakawa Railway Station return to Lone Cow at Te Akeake: at 10am, 12 noon, and 2pm. It is suggested you arrived about 15 minutes prior train departure to…
Trains running Friday, Saturday and Sundays every weekend
Trains are running on Friday, Saturday and Sunday every weekend. They depart from Kawakawa at 10.45am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm. We advise arriving at the station about 10 – 15 minutes prior to the departure time in order to allow time to…
Media release – re Cycleway Closure
Temporary closure of a section of the Cycle Trail. As advertised a 2.6km section of the Pou Herenga Tai Twin Coast Cycle Trail is closed for Rail Restoration works 13th September – 30th November 2021. More details here: https://twincoastcycletrail.kiwi.nz/ Please be…
Kauri landed – introducing our new DSA273 loco
Kauri has landed! DSA273 to be known as Kauri, has been kindly donated to BOIVRT by Fonterra arrived in beautiful, but chilly, weather in Kawakawa on 1st July 2021. She was hoisted up and off the low loader by a…
Gabriel’s boiler is made …
STOP PRESS! Gabriel’s boiler has been ordered, and is being made now! It should be with us by November Thanks to the PGF grant we have been able to place the order … When completed it can be brought to…
Photos of the new Machinery Workshop – Tuesday 13th April, 8.30am
The Bay of Islands Vintage Railway Trust and volunteers celebrated the completion of our new Machinery Workshop, including a new lathe to help get Gabriel back on track! We blessed our shed and the worksite of our next milestone project,…