Hillside Engineering Group is a trading division of the rail operator KiwiRail in Dunedin, New Zealand.[1] Most of its work is related to KiwiRail, but it also does work for the marine industry in Dunedin. On 19 April 2012 KiwiRail announced it was putting Hillside on the market for sale.[2] In November 2012 KiwiRail announced it had sold part of the business to Australian firm Bradken, and the rest would be closed.[3] The workshops continued to be used for some maintenance work by Kiwirail with a skeleton staff. In October 2019, the New Zealand Government announced that it would be investing NZ$20 million into revitalising Hillside Engineering as a major mechanical hub and engineering facility to service Kiwi Rail's locomotives and rollingstock.[4][5][6]
- ^ "Hillside's $39.9 million boost". Otago Daily Times. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
- ^ "KiwiRail Putting Hillside Workshops Up for sale". Radio New Zealand. 19 April 2012.
- ^ "Jobs to go at KiwiRail after partial sale". 3 News NZ. 15 November 2012. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ^ McNeilly, Hamish (30 October 2019). "Dunedin projects secure multimillion-dollar Provincial Growth Fund investment". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ Loughrey, David (30 October 2019). "$20m to revitalise 'vital' Hillside Workshop". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ "PGF payout: Dunedin gets $40m for Hillside workshop, waterfront". Radio New Zealand. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.