It was the first trip for The Seasider train, which is one of the two excursions running over summer until March 28.
The Seasider departs in the afternoon and runs between Dunedin and Waitati with views of the Otago Harbour and Peninsula, Port Chalmers and Blueskin Bay.
The three and a-half hour return trip has a stop in Waitati for two hours to allow passengers to explore the nearby attractions including Orokonui Ecosanctuary, Doctors Point Blueskin Nurseries or Arc Brewery.
The Inlander, which also started yesterday, departs in the morning and travels between Dunedin and Hindon.
Also a three and a-half hour trip, the scenic journey is towards Central Otago having landscape views of hills and gorges, bridges and tunnels, pastureland and forests.
It follows part of the route of the historic Otago Central Railway, constructed during Otago’s gold rush.
