Tranz Rail

Tranz Rail Holdings Limited is New Zealand's principal railways operator. The company was formed on 7 July 1993 to buy out the SOE New Zealand Rail Limited. The company completed the purchase of New Zealand Rail in September 1993 for $NZ328328.3 million. The Government retained ownership of the land on which the sold rail assets were situated - the purchase price included the lease of this land.

New Zealand Rail itself was formed on 10 October 1990 from a separation from New Zealand Railways detailed in the New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990, which continues to this day as an SOE.

New Zealand Rail Limited was renamed Tranz Rail Limited in 1995. In 1996, the company listed on the New Zealand Stock Exchange and also on NASDAQ in the United States. In July 2002 it delisted from NASDAQ.

An Australian company, Toll Holdings, is now majority shareholder of Tranz Rail after a successful takeover bid between July and October 2003.

Sources

• New Zealand Railways Corporation Restructuring Act 1990
• Companies Office records
• History section of Tranz Rail web site

External Links

• The company's site
• Toll Group site

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