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Otago Central Railway
DE class locomotive 504 on the Otago Central Railway
Overview
StatusOpen to Middlemarch, passenger, closed beyond Middlemarch
OwnerKiwiRail (first 4km)
Dunedin Railways
LocaleOtago, New Zealand
Termini
  • Wingatui
  • Middlemarch
Stations3
Service
Operator(s)Dunedin Railways
History
Opened1921 (to Cromwell)
Closed1980 (Clyde - Cromwell)
1990 (Middlemarch - Clyde)
Technical
Line length64 km (originally 236 km)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Minimum radius140 metres (7 chains)
Operating speed50 km/h
Highest elevation28 m to 254 m
Maximum incline1 in 50
Route map

Legend
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Main South Line
to Dunedin │ to Invercargill
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Wingatui
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limit of KiwiRail running
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Salisbury
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Taioma
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Parera
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Mount Allan
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Christmas Creek
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Hindon
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Deep Stream
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Flat Stream
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The Reefs
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45½
Pukerangi
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Matarae
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Matarae Siding
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Sutton
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Middlemarch
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Ngapuna
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Rock and Pillar
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Hyde
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Hyde Township
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Tiroiti
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Kokonga
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Waipiata
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123½
Ranfurly
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Wedderburn
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Oturehua
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Ida Valley
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Auripo
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Lauder
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Omakau
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Chatto Creek
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Galloway
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207½
Alexandra
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214½
Clyde (new)
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Clyde
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Doigs
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Waenga
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236½
Cromwell
km½
Map
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The Otago Central Railway (OCR) or in later years Otago Central Branch Railway, now often referred to as the Taieri Gorge Railway, was a secondary railway line in Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand.

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