MVAratika was a roll-on/roll-off train ferry that operated on the Interislander between Wellington and Picton in New Zealand from 1974 until 1999. The...
ferry that the Mini is stowed on between Wellington and Picton is the MVAratika. The Christchurch railway station where the Mini is stowed while in Christchurch...
Ferries. It provided a faster alternative to the conventional ferries MVAratika and DEV Arahura. To complement the faster ferry, a passenger train from...
of GMV Aranui. Chantiers Dubegion, Nantes, France. Builders of MV Arahanga and MVAratika. A. L. Beattie, Chief Mechanical Engineer Whitford Brown, civil...
Wellington. The second batch followed on the inter-island rail ferry MVAratika, which was returning from Brisbane after a heavy engineering inspection...
December/January period). In 1997, Tranz Rail ordered a new ferry to replace the Aratika. The shipbuilding contract for the new vessel, named Aratere, was awarded...
The service expanded with the addition of Aranui in 1966, MV Arahanga in 1972 and Aratika in 1974. The Union Company responded to the competition by...