New Zealand Rail Maps

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  • NZRM Volume 11: Working Timetable Distances

    It has been determined that it is useful and appropriate for NZ Rail Maps to use miles and chains as a measurement unit for the purposes of maps produced in the project. All imperial distances for Volume 11, which covers the Main South Line from Lyttelton to Wingatui and all of its branches, will now…

  • NZRM Volume 11: Springburn Branch Bridges

    The Springburn Branch was the branch line that ran from Tinwald (immediately south of Ashburton, 92 km MSL) to Springburn (27 miles). The line was also known as the Mount Somers Branch between 1886 and 1889, when the extension from Mount Somers to Springburn was opened, and between 1957 and 1967, the period from when…

  • New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – February 2022

    Good evening and welcome to the project development report for February 2022. This month the project focus has shifted to Volumes 10 and 11, with Volume 11 getting the most attention this month. This has been done in order to complete research on branch railways around the Canterbury Region in order to inform a proposed…

  • New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – January 2022

    Welcome to a new year and the first project development report of the New Zealand Rail Maps project for 2022. For the start of 2022 the Volumes site has been relaunched in a new format and this has been the principal focus of the project within the last month. Work has been prioritised to ensure…

  • New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – December 2021

    In the past month the key focus of the project has switched to updating Volumes 5 and 6 for the Volumes site, which will be revamped and launched under a new format on 1 January 2022. Volume 6 has received the higher priority because of the recent opening of the double track extension in the…

  • New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – November 2021

    This past month the focus has remained on Volume 2 (NIMT) which is a massive task, and with competing time demands since everyone is so busy at this time of the year, timeframes have been stretched out beyond what has been previously expected. However, a major reason in things slowing down this month was time…

  • New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – October 2021

    Good morning and welcome to the New Zealand Rail Maps project development report for October 2021. During the past month the main focus for the project has been on completing Volume 2, a very in depth process given the length of the most important of our main line corridors, between Auckland and Wellington. Sections finished…

  • New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – September 2021

    Good morning and welcome to the project development report for September 2021. In the past month, the main focus has shifted to the North Island Main Trunk volume, Volume 2. When this is completed it is expected to become the first volume that will appear on the NZ Rail Maps Volumes site. The Volumes site…

  • New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report – August 2021

    Good evening and welcome to our Project Development Report for August 2021. In the past month the main areas worked on have been maps in the Picton Section (Main North Line), and recently work on the North Island Main Trunk in Palmerston North. The latter has considerable historical interest as the main trunk line used…

  • New Zealand Rail Maps Project Development Report [2021D]

    Good day and welcome to our project development report for July 2021. In future these reports may form the majority of blog posts. More frequent updates can generally be found on our Groups.io group, or on our Facebook page. Currently the main area of progress is in Volume 10 of the maps, where we are…