Trains at Arthur's Pass April 2024

During the month of April I was in the beautiful alpine village of Arthur's Pass during my stay I documented some of the Kiwi Rail train movements captured at various places in the Arthur's Pass Village that is located in the Bealey Valley in the spectacular Southern Alps mountain range on the South Island of New Zealand.

The Arthur's Pass village sits at 737 meters above sea level.

The Arthur's Pass station is situated along the Midland Railway line that connects the East Coast To The West Coast via the 8.5 kilometre Otira tunnel that runs under the southern alps between Arthur's Pass and Otira.

Various trains can be seen in operation in this short presentation including the world famous Tranz Alpine tourist passenger train that runs daily from Christchurch to Greymouth return. Various coal trains an freight trains and the banker locomotives that are based in Otira that are used to add extra power to haul east bound trains up the steeply graded Otira Tunnel to Arthur's Pass station along with some shunting in the Arthur's pass station yard.

Filmed: April 2024

Cameras: GoPro Hero 11 and Samsung phone A72