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The Tawa Flat deviation is a double-track section of the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) just north of Wellington, New Zealand. It includes two tunnels, Tawa No 1 (1238 m) and Tawa No 2 (4323 m), separated by the Ngauranga Gorge. No 2 tunnel passes under Newlands and comes out at Glenside, on the way to Tawa. It replaced a steep section of the main line of the former Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company, most of which is still in use as the Johnsonville Branch. The North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) is the railway line connecting Auckland and Wellington, the two major cities of New Zealands North Island. ...
For other uses, see Wellington (disambiguation). ...
The Ngauranga Gorge is in the Wellington Region of New Zealand. ...
Newlands is one of the northern suburbs of Wellington, New Zealand. ...
Glenside is a small suburb located in the City of Burnside in Adelaide around 2 km south-east from the Adelaide city centre. ...
Tawas main shopping centre, photographed in December 2005. ...
The Wellington and Manawatu Railway (WMR) was a railway between Thorndon in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, and Longburn, near Palmerston North in the Manawatu. ...
The Johnsonville branch line in Wellington, New Zealand runs from Wellington to the northern suburb of Johnsonville. ...
It is used by Tranz Metro services to Porirua and Paraparaumu, by Tranz Scenic's Overlander, and by Toll Rail freight trains. Tranz Metro is the commuter rail system of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. ...
Porirua is a city in New Zealand, 20 km north of Wellington. ...
Paraparaumu airport Paraparaumu, commonly pronounced Pram by the local youth, is a town in the south-western North Island of New Zealand. ...
Toll NZ, properly Toll Consolidated NZ Ltd (NZX: TRH), is New Zealands largest transport company in terms of annual revenue and size. ...
The Overlander hauled by an EF class electric locomotive near Waiouru The Overlander is a long-distance rail passenger service between Auckland and Wellington in the North Island of New Zealand. ...
Toll Rail, commonly Toll, is the only long-haul railway operator in New Zealand. ...
The tunnels were constructed by the Public Works Department as no satisfactory tenders were received. The New Zealand Ministry of Works, formerly the Department of Public Works and sometimes referred to as the Public Works Department or PWD, was founded in 1876 and disestablished in the 1980s, when its assets were privatised as Works Infrastructure. ...
The deviation opened to goods trains on 24 July 1935 and to passenger trains on 19 June 1937. The section from Wellington to Paekakariki was electrified using the 1500 V DC system from July 1940, being delayed by late delivery of some items from England. As was pointed out in the 1925 Merz and McLennan Report, electrification removed the need to relieve the steep gradients to Pukerua summit by a deviation to the east of Pukerua, and was desirable in the long No 2 tunnel. July 24 is the 205th day (206th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 160 days remaining. ...
1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
June 19 is the 170th day of the year (171st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 195 days remaining. ...
Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Congestion on this section of the NIMT was shifted north, and in 1961 duplication north from Tawa to Porirua and Plimmerton was completed. The work included a new bridge over the Paremata Harbour inlet and straightening the line along the Porirua Inlet by reclaimation. Tawa Flat was renamed Tawa about 1955.
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North Island Main Trunk: An Illustrated History by Bill Pierre (1981, AH & AW Reed), ISBN 0 589 01316 5. | New Zealand Railway Lines | East Coast Main Trunk • North Island Main Trunk (inc. Paraparaumu Line) The New Zealand railway network consists of four main lines, six secondary lines and numerous short branch lines in almost every region of New Zealand. ...
The East Coast Main Trunk Railway is the railway line running between Hamilton to Taneatua via Tauranga, connecting the Waikato with the Bay of Plenty. ...
The North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) is the railway line connecting Auckland and Wellington, the two major cities of New Zealands North Island. ...
Main North Line and Main South Line, known together as the South Island Main Trunk The Main North Line, sometimes referred to as part of the South Island Main Trunk Railway, is an important railway line in New Zealand that runs north from Christchurch up the east coast of the South Island to Picton. ...
The Main South Line is half of the South Island Main Trunk Railway in New Zealand and runs south from Lyttelton through Christchurch and down the east coast of the South Island to Invercargill via Dunedin. ...
The South Island Main Trunk Railway runs down the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, from Picton to Bluff. ...
v • d • e Secondary lines Marton - New Plymouth Line • North Auckland Line • Palmerston North - Gisborne Line • Stratford - Okahukura Line • Wairarapa Line (inc. Hutt Valley Line) The North Auckland Line is a major railway line in New Zealands national rail network. ...
The Wairarapa line is a section of secondary railway line in the south-east of the North Island of New Zealand, connecting the capital city Wellington with the Wairarapa region. ...
Midland Line • Nelson Section • Otago Central Railway • Stillwater - Westport Line • Waimea Plains Railway The Midland line is a famous 212 km section of railway between Christchurch (Rolleston) and Greymouth in New Zealand. ...
The Otago Central Railway or Otago Central Branch Railway was a secondary railway line in Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand. ...
The Stillwater - Westport Line (SWL) is a secondary main line that forms part of New Zealands national rail network. ...
The Waimea Plains Railway was a secondary railway line (not a branch line) that linked the towns of Lumsden and Gore in northern Southland, New Zealand. ...
v • d • e Upper North Island Cambridge • Dargaville • Donnelly's Crossing • Glen Afton • Kinleith • Kumeu-Riverhead • Mount Maunganui • Murupara • Newmarket • Okaihau • Onehunga • Onerahi • Opua • Rotorua • Taneatua • Thames • Waiuku and Mission Bush The Dargaville Branch is a branch line railway that leaves the North Auckland Line not far south of Whangarei and runs westward to Dargaville. ...
The Donnellys Crossing Section (later the Donnellys Crossing Branch), also known as the Kaihu Valley Railway, was a railway line in Northland, New Zealand. ...
The Kumeu-Riverhead section was a short-lived railway line located north-west of Auckland, New Zealand. ...
The Auckland-Newmarket Line (sometimes called the Newmarket Branch) is the railway line between Britomart and Newmarket. ...
The Okaihau Branch, sometimes known as the Kaikohe Branch and rarely the Rangiahua Branch, was a branch line railway that joined the North Auckland Line of the national rail network of New Zealand at Otiria. ...
The Onehunga Branch opened in Auckland, New Zealand in 1873. ...
The Onerahi Branch, sometimes known as the Grahamstown Railway, was a branch line railway in the Northland Region of New Zealand. ...
The Bay of Islands Vintage Railway (sometimes erroneously called the Opua Branch, once the Otiria-Opua Industrial Line) is a former section of the North Auckland Line in the Northland Region of New Zealand between Kawakawa and the Bay of Islands township of Opua. ...
v • d • e Lower North Island Ahuriri • Castlecliff and Wanganui • Foxton • Greytown • Johnsonville • Melling • Mount Egmont • Moutohora • Ngatapa • Opunake • Raetihi • Taonui • Te Aro • Waitara The Foxton Branch was a railway line in New Zealand. ...
The Johnsonville branch line in Wellington, New Zealand runs from Wellington to the northern suburb of Johnsonville. ...
The Raetihi Branch was a branch line railway in the central North Island of New Zealand. ...
The Taonui Branch was a minor railway line in New Zealands national network. ...
The Te Aro Extension, also known as the Te Aro Branch, was a short branch line railway in Wellington, New Zealand. ...
v • d • e Upper South Island Blackball and Roa • Cape Foulwind • Conns Creek • Eyreton • Fairlie • Little River • Lyttelton • Methven • Mount Somers • Oxford • Rapahoe • Rewanui • Hokitika/Ross • Seddonville • Southbridge • Waiau • Waimate • Whitecliffs The Blackball Branch was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealands national rail network. ...
The Eyreton Branch was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealands national rail network. ...
The Fairlie Branch (also known as the Eversley Branch) was a branch line railway in southern Canterbury that formed part of New Zealands national railway network. ...
The Little River Branch was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealands national rail network. ...
The Methven Branch was a branch line railway that was part of New Zealands national rail network in Canterbury. ...
The Mount Somers Branch, sometimes known as the Springburn Branch, was a branch line railway in the region of Canterbury, New Zealand. ...
The Oxford Branch was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealands national rail network. ...
The Rapahoe Branch is a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealands national rail network and was located on the West Coast of the South Island. ...
The Ross Branch, now known as the Hokitika Branch, is a branch line railway that forms part of New Zealands national rail network. ...
The Southbridge Branch was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealands national rail network. ...
The Waiau Branch was a branch line railway in the northern Canterbury region of New Zealands South Island. ...
The Waimate Branch was a railway line built in south Canterbury, New Zealand to the major rural town of Waimate. ...
The Whitecliffs Branch was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealands national rail network in the Canterbury region of the South Island. ...
v • d • e Lower South Island Bluff • Catlins River • Dunback and Makareao • Fernhill • Hedgehope • Kingston • Kurow • Moeraki • Mossburn • Ngapara and Tokarahi • Outram • Port Chalmers • Roxburgh • Shag Point • Tapanui • Tokanui • Tuatapere • Waikaia • Waikaka • Wairio • Walton Park • Wyndham The Bluff Branch is a railway line in Southland, New Zealand that links Invercargill with the port of Bluff. ...
The Catlins River Branch was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealands national rail network. ...
The Dunback and Makareao Branches were two connected branch line railways that formed part of New Zealands national rail network. ...
The Fernhill Branch is a railway line in Otago, New Zealand. ...
The Hedgehope Branch, also known as the Browns Branch, was a branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand that started life in the 1880s as a privately owned bush tramway. ...
The Kingston Branch was a major branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand. ...
The Kurow Branch (also known as the Hakataramea Branch) was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealands national rail network. ...
The Moeraki Branch was one of the most short-lived railway lines in New Zealand. ...
The Mossburn Branch was a branch line railway in New Zealand from Lumsden on the Kingston Branch to the town of Mossburn in western Southland. ...
The Ngapara and Tokarahi Branches were two connected branch lines in northern Otago, New Zealand that formed part of the national railway system. ...
The Outram Branch was a branch line railway near Dunedin, Otago that operated from 1877 to 1953 as part of New Zealands national rail network. ...
The Port Chalmers Branch was the first railway line built in Otago, New Zealand, and linked the regions major city of Dunedin with the port in Port Chalmers. ...
The Roxburgh Branch was a branch line railway built in the Otago region of New Zealands South Island that formed part of the countrys national rail network. ...
The Shag Point Branch was a short branch off the Main South Line on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand. ...
The Tapanui Branch was a railway line located near the border of the regions of Southland and Otago, New Zealand. ...
The Tokanui Branch, also known as the Seaward Bush Branch, was a railway line located in Southland, New Zealand. ...
The Tuatapere Branch, including the Orawia Branch, was a branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand. ...
The Waikaia Branch, also known as the Switzers Branch, was a branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand. ...
The Waikaka Branch was a railway line that ran through agricultural and gold-mining country in Southland, New Zealand. ...
The Wairio Branch is a branch line railway in Southland, New Zealand. ...
The Walton Park Branch was located in Otago, New Zealand and operated from 1874 until 1957, except for the first section, which survived until 1980. ...
The Wyndham Branch, also known as the Glenham Branch, was a railway line in Southland, New Zealand. ...
Glen Massey Branch • Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway • Dun Mountain Railway • Hutt Park Railway • Kaitangata Line • Sanson Tramway • Wellington and Manawatu Railway The Kaitangata Line was a branch line railway in Otago, New Zealand. ...
The Sanson Tramway was a tramway in the Manawatu region of New Zealand that operated from 1885 until 1945. ...
The Wellington and Manawatu Railway (WMR) was a railway between Thorndon in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, and Longburn, near the town of Palmerston North, in the Manawatu. ...
v • d • e Significant proposals Canterbury Interior Main Line • Nelson Railway Proposals • Taupo Railway Proposals • Wainuiomata Railway Proposals The Canterbury Interior Main Line was a proposed railway line that would have linked many of the branch lines in the Canterbury region of New Zealands South Island. ...
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