View of Otiria Junction, showing railway yards, the railway station and several trains
Overview
Other name(s)
Kaikohe Branch Rangiahua Branch
Owner
Railways Department
Locale
Northland, New Zealand
Termini
Otiria
Ōkaihau
Stations
8
Service
Type
Heavy rail
System
New Zealand Government Railways (NZGR)
Operator(s)
Railways Department
History
Opened
1 May 1914 (1914-05-01)
Complete to Ōkaihau
29 October 1923 (1923-10-29)
Closed to Passengers
21 July 1976 (1976-07-21)
Closed
1 November 1987 (1987-11-01)
Technical
Line length
40.00 km (24.85 mi)
Track length
61.29 km (38.08 mi)
Number of tracks
Single
Character
Rural
Track gauge
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
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Okaihau Branch
Legend
km00
Opua Branch
Otiria
Okaihau Branch
5.00
Kawiti
7.00
Cameron's Crossing
10.00
Ngapipito
17.00
Rakautao
22.00
Ngapuhi
26.00
Kaikohe
35.00
Lake Omapere Road Crossing
40.00
Okaihau
61.24
Rangiahua
61.29
end of track
Map
The Okaihau Branch, sometimes known as the Kaikohe Branch and rarely the Rangiahua Branch, was a branch line railway that joined the North Auckland Line of the national rail network of New Zealand at Otiria. It was the most northerly line in New Zealand and was intended to run all the way to Kaitaia. It opened to Ōkaihau in 1923 and closed in 1987.
The OkaihauBranch, sometimes known as the Kaikohe Branch and rarely the Rangiahua Branch, was a branch line railway that joined the North Auckland Line...
currently occupied by the Northern Busway OkaihauBranch – extension to Rangiahua and Kaitaia Opunake Branch – sub-branch from Kapuni to Manaia; extension to...
connect Kaitaia and the Far North with the North Auckland Line or the OkaihauBranch line of the national rail network. After much debate, the idea never...
railway terminus. In 1923, the OkaihauBranch, a branch line from Otiria on the North Auckland Line, was opened to Okaihau and work began on an extension...
Rimutaka Incline. On the Rimutaka Rail Trail. Okaihau – on the never-opened extension of the OkaihauBranch to Rangiahua, unused but can be walked through...
Otiria railway station was a station on the OkaihauBranch in New Zealand, at its junction with the North Auckland line. The station opened on 29 November...
World War II. The railway through Kaikohe thus became known as the OkaihauBranch. Although Kaikohe became the service centre of the Far North, it failed...
branch of its own until 1959, built by the Kaihu Valley Railway Co., and running northwestwards to Kaihu and Donnelly's Crossing. The OkaihauBranch formerly...
North Auckland Line Dargaville Branch Donnellys Crossing Section/Branch Marsden Point BranchŌkaihauBranch Onerahi Branch Leadley, Frank (23 October 2018)...
Kaikohe railway station was a station on the OkaihauBranch in New Zealand. The station opened on 1 May 1914 and closed for passengers on 21 June 1976...
up a missionary station at Whanganui. There were plans to extend the OkaihauBranch railway to Kaitaia and construction was started in the 1920s, but with...
Opua Branch section of the North Auckland Line ran northeast to Kawakawa and Opua, while the OkaihauBranch ran northwest to Kaikohe and Ōkaihau. The...
Auckland Line Donnellys Crossing Section/Branch Marsden Point BranchŌkaihauBranch Onerahi Branch Opua Branch Hermann 2007, p. 5,6. Churchman & Hurst...
but this service terminated at the other northern terminus, Ōkaihau on the OkaihauBranch. Opua passengers thus had to use mixed trains that carried freight...
North Auckland Line Dargaville Branch Donnellys Crossing Section/Branch Marsden Point BranchŌkaihauBranch Opua Branch Leitch & Scott 1995, p. 13. "Negotiations...
the line. The North Auckland Railroad opened new stations along the OkaihauBranch in Otiria, New Zealand, including Cameron's Crossing, Kaikohe, and Lake...
made it unique in comparison to other aerodromes in Northland. The OkaihauBranch Railway wrapped around the airport when the airport was constructed...
had a tramway near the lake for hauling out kauri logs to the nearby Okaihaubranch railway. List of lakes in New Zealand "Northland lakes strategy modified"...
each direction. Mixed trains operated from the termini of the Okaihau and Dargaville branch lines to connect with the Express. By the 1950s, the Northland...
farmer he taught full-time during the day as a secondary school teacher at Okaihau College. As well as teaching there he drove the school bus on its 59-mile...
From the Trains Anymore" (Tom T Hall) by the Lynn Morris Band (1992) "The Okaihau Express" by Peter Cape "The Way His Collar Falls" by Saves the Day "There's...
Retrieved 2 January 2023. Henderson, J. (John); New Zealand. Geological Survey Branch (1917). The geology and mineral resources of the Reefton subdivision : Westport...
The Board stopped building on the Dargaville branch, Gisborne line, Main South Line, Nelson Section, Okaihau to Rangiahua line and Westport-Inangahua line...
was William Neill Austin. He received his education at Okaihau District High School (now Okaihau College). In 1946, he married Violet Mudgway, the daughter...
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