Wellington to Auckland by train in 16 minutes
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Timelapse of Kiwirail's Northern Explorer train running from the Capital to Auckland. Trip concludes by returning from the Strand station to Westfield depot. Apologies for the lack of a techno soundtrack!
Thanks heaps for the four drivers who took my camera along for the ride, especially the kind driver who posted it back to me! The train stopped at Marton for half an hour due to downed overhead - that was edited out.
Shot on the 24th of October 2017 using a Gopro Hero 3 on 2 second intervals
@LostKiwi 6 жыл бұрын
Somehow I watched the whole damn video, so mesmerising
@Moneytane1976 6 жыл бұрын
Great video! I have been waiting ages for a nice continous video lapse of the overlander by day.
@SPQRTempus 5 жыл бұрын
7:56 - 8:03 is the Raurimu Spiral.
@robmainprize 6 жыл бұрын
Awesome video - thanks for making it! There is so much beautiful and varied scenery in this beautiful country of ours. :-)
@SteamboatWilley 11 ай бұрын
Hypnotic
@norincobrocapri46 6 жыл бұрын
Great work!
@tonymckeage1028 Жыл бұрын
Interesting Video, I think you should tell Jacinda about the speed you traveled! but don't tell Air New Zealand! thanks for sharing
@eddiehayes1523 5 ай бұрын
Is there any change of time stamps showing us where the train was when? In the description or something, I mean. I'm from Christchurch and I'm not really familiar with the route north of the Kapiti Coast or south of Rangiriri.
@barnsproductions Жыл бұрын
Excellent video, but wouldn’t it make sense to electrify the whole of the NIMT, so dual-voltage electric locomotives could be used and thus eliminating the use of diesel traction?
@sw6188 Жыл бұрын
It wouldn't take much to connect Pukekohe (which at the time of me typing this is having electrification extended to it from Papakura) to Hamilton. That would complete the system from Auckland to Palmerston North. Then it would just be a matter of electrifying between there and Waikanae and the entire NIMT would be electric. If the government is serious about reducing carbon emissions then it's a no brainer to extend the wires.
@anthonybrunt46 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome. Thanks so much.
@kiwi-eg5ld 3 жыл бұрын
i love trains
@rockyroo7521 6 жыл бұрын
1:38 paraparaumu, where i usally go eveyday, 1:40 jut approaching Waikanae, my hometown :P
@niftynige 6 ай бұрын
If only!
@sucharam3956 Жыл бұрын
Great video🎥
@waseemarshadwaseemarshad26 3 жыл бұрын
Very nice video.Awesome
@MartyJM01 4 жыл бұрын
Great idea Michael and well done. Just a smidge to fast but an interesting watch.
@jameshowitt2463 6 жыл бұрын
When signal checked the engine seems to stand quite a way off the 'peg.
@stevies.1975 5 жыл бұрын
Far to quick for its own good. 3x speed would have been bearable, plus place names.....
@awhesian Жыл бұрын
That would have been hours long?
@terminallydrunk1900 3 жыл бұрын
this is cool one day it will actually be this fast on our new billianarie doller mag lev project
@tangiers365 2 ай бұрын
i see heaps of the start is single track are there many passing loops? are the rails shared with freight?
@theimaginationstation1899 2 жыл бұрын
Strangely compelling.
@taadow 5 жыл бұрын
i could watch this in normal time because Godzone is so beautiful...
@origamichannelandotherstuf4766 5 жыл бұрын
If you watched this in normal time it would be 10 hours
@voongnz Ай бұрын
About mach 2.1 avg speed.
@nzbuilder 5 жыл бұрын
awesome day for it :)
@MervynPartin 6 жыл бұрын
Nice one. I did the journey South on the Silver Star sleeper in 1975, returning North on the Silver Fern. Beautiful country. Is there any reason why the Auckland -Wellington trains do not use Britomart?
@michaelbennet9146 6 жыл бұрын
Mervyn Partin, apparently when all the Auckland trains were electrified the exhaust fans for removing diesel fumes in britomart were decommissioned.
@MervynPartin 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Michael, for your prompt reply which completely answers my query. I visited Britomart on my visit to New Zealand in 2016 and was quite impressed with it so it seems a pity that the few remaining trains to and from Wellington cannot use it. Perhaps Kiwi Rail should reconsider their de-electrification plans on the North Island Main Trunk line and instead wire up the whole route! Thanks again....Mervyn Partin
@michaelbennet9146 6 жыл бұрын
Mervyn Partin we've had a change of government here, so it looks like the main trunk will retain its electrification. Expansion however probably won't be on the cards for many years, although it appears that the Auckland wires may be stretched to Pukekohe
@MervynPartin 6 жыл бұрын
Michael Bennet. That is good news. Over here in the UK, the electrification plans are in tatters! Regards, Mervyn
@Konkacha 2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelbennet9146 It boggles my mind how little electrification there is left to do on the NIMT yet how people drag their feet with the idea of finishing electrification. Glad to see the de-electrification plan fell apart though. There's plenty of dual voltage locomotives available (even second-hand) and having freight fully electric would save a ton of dosh.
@samuellee9752 6 жыл бұрын
I live at somewhere near 13:07... 13:12, what an interesting place.
@stanleybaker7121 Жыл бұрын
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@DWtrainsNZ 2 жыл бұрын
Not bad. It's just a bit too quick. Plus adding text as you pass through each town and city would have been a good idea. You could have also added some music to it but I'm well aware how difficult it is to find good music that fits a timelapse like this.
@drumsandstix128 3 жыл бұрын
Churr Bro!
@swiftbobber 2 жыл бұрын
Those bullet trains have nothing on us
@sw6188 Жыл бұрын
Is there any chance you could upload the entire video at its normal speed? I realize it would be 10 hours worth of file. Maybe you could do it as ten 1-hour instalments? I would love to see this at normal speed and I daresay many others would too.
@awhesian Жыл бұрын
Only 1 frame every 2 seconds, so the best your going to have to do is manually slow it down to a slideshow 😢
@sw6188 Жыл бұрын
@@awhesian I understand. Maybe if you do another video in the future and it is possible, record at normal speed. That way there will be a full length version and you can also speed it up for KZfaq purposes. Cheers.
@awhesian Жыл бұрын
@@sw6188 I’m not the creator just a random person :)
@sw6188 Жыл бұрын
@@awhesian Sorry, I didn't see that. Thanks for the notification.
@stanleybaker7121 Жыл бұрын
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@terryrack2534 6 жыл бұрын
where is the freight? no wonder every one uses trucks.
@michaelbennet9146 6 жыл бұрын
Terry Rack, the lions share goes overnight between Auckland and Wellington.
@stanleybaker7121 Жыл бұрын
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@tuguybear930 Жыл бұрын
Should slow it down by half. To fast to see anything interesting.
@melclark1066 5 жыл бұрын
This video is a good idea and should be really interesting. It's such a pity it's quality is appalling, making it quite unwatchable. it gave me a headache trying to watch.
@robertbaird4822 5 ай бұрын
Pointless??????