Is KiwiRail Running Down The System? Due to redundant signaling systems,KiwiRail; will be removing signaling and points at Stratford, essentially removing rail access to the large Stratford marshalling yard. TRAINZ believes that Fonterra products should be railed more directly to Hamilton and Tauranga via Stratford instead of having to travel an extra 230km via Palmerston North. Robertson adds that these logs could be handled by about 4 daily trains from Marton or Whanganui, away from cars, schools, cyclists and pedestrians. “KiwiRail currently carries only 9% of New Zealand’s national freight task, when rail should be handling 30–40%,” Wellwood says.