New Zealand Rail Maps

Category: Volumes

  • NZRM Progress Report 2024-07-17: Volume 10

    This month the work on Volume 10 specifically for Dunedin to Mosgiel is being brought to a close. Part of this work is to produce some historical maps for an article appearing in the NZ Railway Observer. At the same time a complete set of maps will be produced for the section which will be…

  • NZRM Progress Report 2023-11-06: Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 6

    Work on maps recently has been undertaken in the area of Taneatua, which is part of Volume 3. Aerials of Taneatua Station obtained some time ago were used to create a comprehensive set of maps from the old Taneatua overbridge as far as the station yard. This also included the Peketahi combined bridge in part,…

  • NZRM Volumes: Volume 7 (Midland Line / West Coast)

    NZRM Volume 7 covers all railways on the West Coast of the South Island and the Midland Line between the West Coast and Canterbury. There is approximately 500 km of mainline trackage within this volume. As at July 2023 only a part of Volume 7 has been fully mapped and this article will be updated…

  • NZRM Volumes: Volume 6 (Wellington-Palmerston North-Wairarapa Railways)

    Volume 6 of New Zealand Rail Maps covers the following sections of line: Wairarapa Line Main Line Corridor Both the North Island Main Trunk and the Wairarapa Line start at the platforms at Wellington Railway Station. This is an interesting historical ambiguity from 1937 in that the lines before that started at the individual stations…

  • NZRM Volumes: Volume 5 (Palmerston North Gisborne Line)

    Volume 5 of New Zealand Rail Maps covers the Palmerston North Gisborne Line and all its branches. The sub volumes for each part of Volume 5 and the areas they cover are as follows. PNGL Main Line Corridor Volume 5 coverage of the Palmerston North Gisborne Line starts at 7 km just beyond Whakarongo station.…