New Zealand Rail Maps Project
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Wairarapa Line [7B]: Rimutaka Incline Section [2]: Tunnel Gully – Kaitoke
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Wairarapa Line [7B]: Rimutaka Incline Section [2]: Tunnel Gully – Kaitoke
For the second part of the research series on the Rimutaka Incline Section we are covering the area known as Tunnel Gully, along with the Kaitoke station precinct and the section now used as public access to the Remutaka Incline Rail Trail. We have at this time been marking out the route through to Cross…
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Wairarapa Line [3A]: Melling Branch / Western Hutt Section
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Wairarapa Line [3A]: Melling Branch / Western Hutt Section
“Western Hutt Section” covers the original route of the Wairarapa Line from Petone to Haywards on the west bank of the Hutt River. This is where the line was first opened in 1875. It remained the main line until 1954 when the Hutt Valley branch on the eastern side was extended through to Haywards and…
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Wairarapa Line [0W]: Volume 6 Progress Update 23
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Wairarapa Line [0W]: Volume 6 Progress Update 23
Welcome to Volume 6 Progress Update 23. Over the past couple of days we’ve been working on the Rimutaka Incline Section from Kaitoke through to Featherston. We now have complete aerial photos from 1943 and some other bits to work with. This is a reasonably straightforward task to complete but does require a bit of…
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NZ Rail Maps Project Development Report [2020F]
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Wairarapa Line [0V]: Volume 6 Progress Update 22
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NZ Rail Maps Project Development Report [2020F]
In our last update we mentioned that we were considering relaxing the development schedule and allowing two years to complete the maps as expected. The key reason for this is that the level we are currently developing maps to will need longer than the current year to achieve, with the Intermediate level that we are…
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Wairarapa Line [0V]: Volume 6 Progress Update 22
So we’ve taken a couple of decisions over the last few days. The key decision that relates to this volume, Volume 6, is to do with the “Western Hutt Section”, which is our name for the original rail corridor from Petone to Haywards on the west bank of the Hutt River. Like the Rimutaka Incline…