KiwiRail has agreed to present a proposal to the Hamilton City Council which could see daily passenger rail services between Hamilton and Auckland.

Council transport committee chairman David Macpherson says the proposal will be based on two return services daily which, combined with the long-distance Overlander, would offer Waikato residents three trains a day to Auckland.

The service would possibly stop at Huntly, Te Kauwhata and Papatoetoe en route to Britomart or Newmarket.

Mr Macpherson says if KiwiRail can produce a scheme the council can afford, the trial could begin late this year or early next year.