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First suburban electric train

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First suburban electric train

This is the inaugural journey, from Christchurch to Lyttelton, of New Zealand’s first suburban electric train in 1929. This service ceased in 1972 and passengers went by bus.

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Reference: The New Zealand Railways Magazine 3, no. 10 (1 May 1934)

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Adrian Humphris, Public transport – Trains, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22527/first-suburban-electric-train (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Adrian Humphris, i tāngia i te 12 April 2010.