Castlecliff Railway Co. terminus at Whanganui in 1922
Overview
Owner
Wanganui Heads Railway (1885-1956)
New Zealand Railways (1956- )
Locale
Manawatu-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island
History
Opened
31 October 1885 (1885-10-31)
Technical
Line length
5.88 km (3.65 mi)
Castlecliff Branch route map[1]
Legend
km
Wanganui (Taupo Quay)
Wanganui Branch
To Marton - New Plymouth Line.
Atlantic Oil Co. private siding
Wanganui CC Gas Depot private siding
2.29
Dalgety & Co. wool stores
2.84
New Zealand Refrigerating Company (Imlay Works)
Castlecliff
5.8
Wanganui Harbour Board
5.94
Abattoir siding
Map
The Castlecliff Branch is a branch line railway 5.88 km long in the Manawatu-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is an extension of the Wanganui Branch from Taupo Quay in central Whanganui and follows the Whanganui River to Castlecliff on the South Taranaki Bight of the Tasman Sea. From its opening on 31 October 1885 until 1 February 1956 when the NZR took over, it was owned by the Wanganui Heads Railway Company, later renamed the Castlecliff Railway Company. From 5 September 2006 services on the branch (named the Castlecliff Industrial Line) were suspended but the infrastructure remained in place.[2]
In 2011 KiwiRail resumed services on part of the line.[3]
^Cite error: The named reference quail was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Hermann, Bruce J. (2007). North Island Branch Lines. Wellington: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society. pp. 53–55. ISBN 978-0-908573-83-7.
^Maslin, John (7 October 2010). "Inland container terminal is all shipshape". Wanganui Chronicle.
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