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Midland Line [0G]: Volume 9 Progress Report 7 (Greymouth-Ross)
So we have spent the past few days working to make up maps for the part of the Midland Line that is mostly a branch off the main line, the branch that goes to Hokitika (Hokitika Line) and which was formerly the Ross Branch that carried on past Hokitika to Ross. From Ross there was…
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Midland Line [0F]: Volume 9 Progress Report 6
Click here to view this article on NZ Rail Maps Blog Midland Line [0F]: Volume 9 Progress Report 6
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Project Diary 2019-12-19: Greater Christchurch Maps Update
Click here to view this article on NZ Rail Maps Blog Project Diary 2019-12-19: Greater Christchurch Maps Update
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Midland Line [0F]: Volume 9 Progress Report 6
Last time we had a look at the Midland Line, back in August this year, route alignment was completed to Otira and some other work was being planned. However it is now a priority to make progress on completing all map volumes to a basic standard over the next 12 months (calendar year 2020), which…
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Project Diary 2019-12-19: Greater Christchurch Maps Update
In the last few weeks our research has continued of Greater Christchurch maps, branching out into looking into railway housing in Heathcote and Lyttelton. The development of railway housing in large cities is naturally very different from small towns, as these two examples show. We plan also to take a closer look at railway housing…
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Closure of Taieri Gorge Railway from Pukerangi to Middlemarch proposed
Click here to view this article on NZ Rail Maps Blog Closure of Taieri Gorge Railway from Pukerangi to Middlemarch proposed
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Closure of Taieri Gorge Railway from Pukerangi to Middlemarch proposed
The big news in rail heritage this week is that Dunedin Railways has proposed to stop running trains from Pukerangi to Middlemarch on the Taieri Gorge Railway. The decision was announced on 5th December. The next day, Dunedin City Council said they had received no prior warning of the decision and that they would require…
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Heathcote Pumping Station Siding & Ferrymead Railway Siding [2]
Click here to view this article on NZ Rail Maps Blog Heathcote Pumping Station Siding & Ferrymead Railway Siding [2]
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Railway Housing in Greater Christchurch [2A]: Lyttelton 1
Click here to view this article on NZ Rail Maps Blog Railway Housing in Greater Christchurch [2A]: Lyttelton 1
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Heathcote Pumping Station Siding & Ferrymead Railway Siding [2]
Following on from last month’s post about the Heathcote Pumping Station siding, here is an updated map showing the Heathcote Expressway cycleway that is expected to be built along this corridor within the near future. It will cross over the Ferrymead Railway siding and then follow the Main South Line corridor to Truscotts Road.