{"id":160439,"date":"2024-12-21T10:18:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T00:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=133ae1cbbc1e9db614a09cc9c584620f"},"modified":"2024-12-21T10:18:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T00:18:47","slug":"southerner-train-making-a-comeback-for-four-days-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=160439","title":{"rendered":"Southerner train making a comeback for four days in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A popular rail route is being revived for four days only, allowing guests to relive a nostalgic journey in the South Island.<\/p>\n<p>Operating from December 1, 1970 to February 10, 2002, The Southerner train was a premier passenger express train that once connected Christchurch and Invercargill via Dunedin, travelling along the Main South Line.<\/p>\n<p>From May 17 to 20, 2025 the train journey will make daily return trips tracing part of the historic rail route. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Southerner was renowned for offering a comfortable and scenic journey, making Invercargill the southernmost passenger station in the world. Its legacy as one of New Zealand&#8217;s most beloved train services endures, and now it is returning to offer a new generation the chance to experience part of this historic route once again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A popular rail route is being revived for four days only, allowing guests to relive a nostalgic journey in the South Island. Operating from December 1, 1970 to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160458,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160439\/revisions\/160458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}