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Kōrero: Public transport

Electric train

Video file

Electric units were introduced on Wellington's commuter lines from 1938. Compared with steam trains, they were clean and comfortable, as this documentary explains.

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Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: Pictorial Parade 28. National Film Unit, 1954

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Adrian Humphris, Public transport – Trains, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/video/22525/electric-train (accessed 4 June 2026).

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