1989 (Rotorua city centre – Koutu) 7 October 2001 (entire line mothballed)
Technical
Line length
50.5 km (31.4 mi)
Number of tracks
Single
Character
Rural
Track gauge
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Map
The Rotorua Branch is a railway line from Putāruru to Rotorua, in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions of the North Island of New Zealand. Construction of the line was commenced by the Thames Valley and Rotorua Railway Company and finished by the Public Works Department (PWD). The complete line, 50.5 kilometres (31.4 mi) in length, opened in two sections; on 24 November 1893 to Tārukenga and the final 8 mi 43 ch (13.7 km) to Rotorua on 8 December 1894.[1]
^"Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT, BY THE MINISTER FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THE HON R.J. SEDDON 21st October, 1895". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
The RotoruaBranch is a railway line from Putāruru to Rotorua, in the Waikato and Bay of Plenty regions of the North Island of New Zealand. Construction...
Rotorua (Māori: [ˌɾɔtɔˈɾʉa]) is a city in the Bay of Plenty Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is sited on the southern shores of Lake Rotorua, from...
original proposal to link Gisborne with Auckland with a line via Rotorua, with a Gisborne-Rotorua line from Makaraka to Mōtū of about 37 miles (60 km) being...
The Kinleith Branch railway line is located in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The line was constructed by the Thames Valley and Rotorua Railway Company...
connections from Rotorua, Kinleith or Murupara branches Te Aro Extension – extension to Island Bay Waiau Branch – extension to Kaikōura Waimate Branch – extension...
locomotives. The Rotorua Express was introduced when the RotoruaBranch line was opened through to its Rotorua terminus. The first train to use the new line was...
above sea level. Situated at the highest point of the now-mothballed RotoruaBranch railway line, the town is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of State Highway...
Rotorua Branch line had a long history of express trains between Auckland and Rotorua since the branch line opened in 1894. Until 1959, the Rotorua Express...
construction of a Rotorua to Paengaroa deviation to eliminate the Mamaku Bank on the RotoruaBranch. An extension of the RotoruaBranch to the Waipa State...
she and her husband were awarded life memberships. She founded the Rotoruabranch of the National Council of Women. In the 1985 Queen's Birthday Honours...
the Railways Authorisation Act, 1904. An eventual connection to the RotoruaBranch disappeared after a 1911 survey to connect the "Gisborne Section" with...
the 11th-largest land area. The major population centres are Tauranga, Rotorua and Whakatane. The Bay of Plenty is one of the fastest growing regions...
North Island Main Trunk Cambridge Branch Glen Massey Line Kimihia Branch Kinleith BranchRotoruaBranch Thames Branch "PUKEMIRO RAILWAY. (New Zealand Herald...
coming to the hot springs and spas there, a national effort to extend a RotoruaBranch Railway was needed. He went on to explain that the Māori were busy building...
Mamaku and 25 km from Rotorua. The RotoruaBranch is a disused railway line that ran through Arahiwi to connect Putāruru and Rotorua. It closed in 2001....
North Island Main Trunk Cambridge Branch Glen Afton Branch Kimihia Branch Kinleith BranchRotoruaBranch Thames Branch This work is based on LINZ’s data...
drove him from Rotorua to Auckland to attend the party's launch event in 1993. He has held various positions on the party's Rotoruabranch committee including...
of the Thames Branch, the 1890 Helensville to Makarau contract for the North Auckland Line, or the 1893 contract for the RotoruaBranch. Isaac had a Hamilton...
railway in 1894 when the RotoruaBranch line opened. It operated for over a century. In 1989, the last 2.4 km into central Rotorua closed, and a goods yard...
2012 Apollo Projects Stadium 30,000 February 2007 Energy Events Centre Rotorua 3,500 August 5, 2011 Forsyth Barr Stadium Dunedin 36,000 1992 TSB Stadium...
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