Hautapu Branch Cambridge Industrial Siding Cambridge/Hautapu Industrial Line
Status
Open Ruakura – Hautapu, closed Hautapu – Cambridge
Owner
KiwiRail
Locale
Waikato
Termini
Ruakura, East Coast Main Trunk
Hautapu
Service
Operator(s)
KiwiRail
History
Opened
6 October 1884 (1884-10-06)
Closed to Passengers
9 September 1946 (1946-09-09)
Closed beyond Hautapu
1999 (1999)
Technical
Line length
19.27 km (11.97 mi) Ruakura – Cambridge 15.08 km (9.37 mi) Ruakura – Hautapu
Number of tracks
Single
Character
Rural
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map
Legend
East Coast Main Trunk
← Hamilton │ Kawerau →
km
Holland Road
Vaile Road
2.57
Newstead
SH 26
Woodside Road
7.47
Matangi
Tauwhare Road
Marychurch Road
12.88
Bruntwood
Bruntwood Road
15.08
Hautapu
Victoria Road (SH 1B)
Taylor Street
King Street
Williams Street
Princes Street
Thornton Road
19.27
Cambridge
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The Cambridge Branch (officially named the Hautapu Branch since 2011[1]) is a rural railway line in the Waikato, New Zealand. The line stretches from Ruakura Junction for 15.08 kilometres (9.37 mi) to the settlement of Hautapu, having previously continued another 4.19 kilometres (2.60 mi) to the township of Cambridge. It had five stations along its length, at Newstead, Matangi (Tamahere), Bruntwood (Fencourt), Hautapu and the terminus at Cambridge.
Passenger service on the line ceased on 9 September 1946, although during the 1950 British Empire Games at Auckland three passenger trains took 1,500 people to the rowing events held on the nearby Lake Karapiro on 7 February.[2] There were occasional excursions, such as those celebrating the centennial in 1984.[3] In 2020 reopening of the branch to passengers was put forward as a COVID-19 recovery scheme. Cost was estimated at up to $150m, including relaying tracks to Cambridge.[4]
^"Hautapu Branch". New Zealand Gazetteer. Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
^Hermann 2007, p. 17.
^"Claudelands bridge centennial". Hamilton Libraries Heritage Collection Online. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^"URBAN GROWTH PROGRAMME INITIATIVES" (PDF). Hamilton City Council. 3 April 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 April 2020.
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