The first Tianjin–Central Asia freight train service of 2025 departed from the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin on 20 May, heading for Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
By 5:30am on Wednesday morning, workers were finishing the final inspections on the defective train and repairing the overhead wires before the power could be switched back on.
It is significantly below the target to have at least 92 per cent of peak-hour suburban services arrive at stations within five minutes of their scheduled time
Mr Reidy says the $461 million funding commitment means the three-year Rail Network Investment Programme 2024-27 is funded so KiwiRail can efficiently look after the national rail network.
