Response: OIA2019.56
6 November 2019
To Josh Thompson
Via FYI.org
Dear Josh,
Information request for annual passenger numbers
I refer to your official information request dated 5 October 2019, asking:
“Please provide the annual ridership figures for each of the Great Journeys of New Zealand
lines individually, for the last five years. Namely: The Northern Explorer, the Capital
Connection, the Coastal Pacific and the TranzAlpine.”
Please find the information requested in the table below.
Table one: Passenger numbers for Great Journeys of New Zealand
Calendar Year
Service Name
Passenger numbers
2014
Costal Pacific
39,077
Northern Explorer
37,553
TranzAlpine
118,307
Capital Connection
131,261
2014 Total
326,198
2015
Costal Pacific
42,574
Northern Explorer
42,642
TranzAlpine
128,889
Capital Connection
122,873
2015 Total
336,978
2016
Costal Pacific
33,874
Northern Explorer
45,289
TranzAlpine
151,345
Capital Connection
125,151
2016 Total
355,659
2017
Costal Pacific
Impacted by Earthquake
Northern Explorer
44,392
TranzAlpine
113,557
Capital Connection
124,116
2017 Total
282,065
2018
Costal Pacific
6,154
Northern Explorer
46,901
TranzAlpine
157,131
Capital Connection
124,046
2018 Total
334,232
2019
Costal Pacific
30,127
Northern Explorer
33,264
TranzAlpine
110,811
Capital Connection
122,680
2019 Total*
296,882
* Passenger numbers up until 6 October 2019.
We trust this answers your query.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or by calling free-phone 0800 802 602.
Yours sincerely
Dave
KiwiRail
Official Correspondence Unit