The Murupara Branch is a 57 kilometres (35 mi) long[1] branch railway line from the East Coast Main Trunk (ECMT) at Kawerau to Murupara, built to serve a new pulp and paper mill harvesting the radiata pine trees of the Kaingaroa Forest on the Kaingaroa Plateau in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. The line was the last major extension of the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) network, of 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from Hawkens Junction, west of Edgecumbe, to Kawerau and 57 km from Kawerau to Murupara. The portion from Hawkens Junction to Kawerau was known as the Kawerau Branch until 1978, when it became part of the ECMT, and the former ECMT from Hawkens Junction to Taneatua became the Taneatua Branch.[2]
The MuruparaBranch is a 57 kilometres (35 mi) long branch railway line from the East Coast Main Trunk (ECMT) at Kawerau to Murupara, built to serve a...
and is the terminus of the Murupara Railway Branch. The town's principal industries are all related to forestry. Murupara is in the rohe (tribal area)...
the East Coast Main Trunk Railway, and the commencing point of the MuruparaBranch railway. Kawerau is among the three towns in New Zealand with a majority...
Kawerau via Tauranga, with the MuruparaBranch Railway extending the Kawerau terminus to Murupara, and the Mount Maunganui Branch connecting the Mount Maunganui...
Rotorua, Kinleith or Muruparabranches Te Aro Extension – extension to Island Bay Waiau Branch – extension to Kaikōura Waimate Branch – extension of the...
Norske Skog Tasman pulp and paper mill. The community lies on the MuruparaBranch railway and is serviced by Rural Delivery route 2. A small airfield...
town runs the East Coast Main Trunk Railway, and from it diverges the MuruparaBranch line, which skirts the south of Te Teko. Te Teko has the highest mean...
Tramway into the Kinleith Branch in the early 1950s dissuaded NZR from progressing the purchase. Instead, the new MuruparaBranch, opened in 1955, paralleled...
regional passenger services and branch line freight. The class was also the first to run on the new MuruparaBranch, initially for construction and later...
began to operate on this branch. The Kinleith Branch was shortly followed in 1957 by the 57 kilometres (35 mi) long MuruparaBranch, which was opened running...
separated between Bayfair and Baypark. East Coast Main Trunk MuruparaBranch Tāneatua Branch Whakatane Board Mills Line Churchman & Hurst 2001, p. 225....
the Bay of Plenty. The ECMT now runs between Hamilton and Kawerau, with a branch line to Taneatua from the junction at Hawkens. The line is built to narrow...
including the Taneatua Branch, MuruparaBranch, Kinleith Branch, Cambridge Branch, Rotowaro Branch, Mission Bush Branch, Onehunga Branch, North Auckland Line...
Tunnel, the class took over workings in the Wairarapa area and on the MuruparaBranch from the older DE class. As they were relatively low-powered, these...
Matahina Tramway East Coast Main Trunk Mount Maunganui BranchMuruparaBranch Tāneatua Branch Russell Jnr. 1980, p. 23. Russell Jnr. 1980, p. 24. Brett...
Taranaki and west of Tauranga, Lake Taupō, and Whanganui, as well as between Murupara and the Hangaroa River in the northeast, and southern Manawatū, Wellington...
they have a presence in South Auckland and as far south as Rotorua and Murupara. The Tribesmen are also rivals with the Mongrel Mob. The Tribesmen have...
Silence also manages chapters in Germany. Tribesmen Motorcycle Club 1980 Murupara, New Zealand A prominent Māori bikie gang in New Zealand. Trust Motorcycle...
the East Coast Main Trunk and the Mission Bush, Kinleith, Murupara and Mount Maunganui branches, operating both KiwiRail general freight services and service...
Fault is a splay towards the NNE of the Wheao Fault that rejoins it near Murupara and for a brief while the Te Whaiti Fault is the most western active fault...
Intangible Cultural Heritage in Building Enduring Community Resilience: Murupara Case Study’, New Zealand Sociology 31(7): 183–204. Te Aho, L. (2011) ‘Waikato...
was appointed New Zealand Fire Service’s first Maori female CFO, for the Murupara Volunteer Fire Brigade. 1999 – Alison Timms was appointed acting Chief...
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