The South Island Main Trunk Railway runs down the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, from Picton to Bluff. It is sometimes referred to as the Main North Line and the Main South Line fererring to the sections north and south of Christchurch respectively. South Island The South Island forms one of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the North Island. ... A view of the harbour in Picton. ... This article is about the New Zealand town of Bluff. ... Christchurch is a city on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. ...
The mainrailway system, connecting the cities of Christchurch, Dunedin, and Invercargill, along the plains that fringe the sea down the east coast of the island, was completely cut off from the smaller west coast system, serving Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika.
THE LONGEST RAILWAY TUNNEL in the British Empire is the Otira Tunnel in the SouthIsland of New Zealand.
The main line between Dunedin and Christchurch is connected with the railways on the western side of the island by the mountain line through the Otira Tunnel.
The Main North Line between Picton and Christchurch and the MainSouth Line between Lyttelton and Invercargill, running down the east coast of the SouthIsland of New Zealand, are sometimes together referred to as the SouthIslandMainTrunkRailway (SIMT).
A number of routes south were considered, and the one chosen was a compromise between a proposal to build a coastal line through fertile territory and a proposal to build an inland line to achieve easier crossings of rivers such as the Rakaia.
Further south, the Dunedin and Port Chalmers Railway was opened on 1 January 1873 as the first railway in the country to adhere to the new national gauge.
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