Kaihu Valley Railway Kaihu Branch Donnellys Crossing Branch
Owner
Railways Department
Locale
Northland, New Zealand
Termini
Dargaville
Donnellys Crossing
Stations
14
Service
Type
Heavy Rail
System
New Zealand Government Railways (NZGR)
Services
1
Operator(s)
Railways Department
History
Opened
February 1889 (1889-02)
Completed to Donnellys Crossing
1 April 1923 (1923-04-01)
Connected to National Network
15 March 1942 (1942-03-15)
Closed
19 July 1959 (1959-07-19)
Technical
Line length
35.91 km (22.31 mi)
Number of tracks
Single
Character
Rural
Track gauge
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
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The Donnellys Crossing Section (later the Donnellys Crossing Branch), also known as the Kaihu Valley Railway or Kaihu Branch,[1] was a railway line in Northland, New Zealand. Initially an isolated line of 35.91 kilometres (22.31 mi), it became a branch line when the Dargaville Branch was opened and connected it with the North Auckland Line and the rest of the national rail network in 1943.[1] The branch was closed in 1959.
The name of the line is often given as the Donnelly's Crossing Section or Branch. Although grammatically accurate, this is incorrect as the locality's name is officially recognised as Donnellys Crossing with no apostrophe.[2]
^ abChurchman & Hurst 2001, p. 100.
^"Place name detail: Donnellys Crossing". New Zealand Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board. Retrieved 20 June 2007.
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