High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rail transport in New Zealand consists of a network of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge (Cape gauge) railway lines in both the North and South Islands. Rail services are focused primarily on freight, particularly bulk freight, with limited passenger services on some lines. Only Auckland and Wellington have urban rail systems, both of which are being upgraded and expanded. The railway network was initially constructed by the provincial governments of New Zealand from 1863 onwards. New Zealand's first public railway was opened in that year at Ferrymead by the Canterbury Province. The Canterbury Provincial Railways were built to the broad gauge of 5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm). On 5 February 1867, Southland Province opened a branch from Invercargill to Bluff to the international standard gauge of 4 ft 8+1?2 in (1,435 mm).

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