Goods wagons for logs in Dargaville railway yard, 2010.
Overview
Status
Mothballed (closed until further notice)
Owner
KiwiRail
Locale
Dargaville
Termini
Waiotira Junction
Dargaville
History
Opened
15 March 1943 (1943-03-15)
Mothballed
October 2014 (2014-10)
Technical
Line length
49.60 km (30.82 mi)
Number of tracks
Single
Character
Rural
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Map
The Dargaville Branch is a branch line railway that leaves the North Auckland Line not far south of Whangarei and runs westward to Dargaville. Construction of this relatively short line took approximately two decades, and when it was completed, it linked the now closed Donnellys Crossing Section with the national rail network.[1][2] The branch has been closed to all traffic since 2014 and is currently used by a tourist railcart operation.[3]
^Hermann 2007, p. 5,6.
^Churchman & Hurst 2001, p. 98-99.
^Annette Lamby (2 November 2015). "Rail cart venture ready to roll in Dargaville". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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