Waitara Industrial Line New Plymouth - Waitara Railway
Status
Preserved
Owner
Waitara Railway Preservation Society
Locale
Taranaki, New Zealand
Termini
Lepperton railway station
Waitara
Connecting lines
KiwiRail Marton–New Plymouth line
Stations
4
Service
Type
Heavy Rail
System
New Zealand Government Railways (NZGR)
Operator(s)
Waitara Railway Preservation Society
History
Commenced
1872
Opened
14 October 1875
Closed
2 February 1999
Technical
Line length
7.25 km (4.50 mi)
Number of tracks
Single
Character
Rural, at-grade
Track gauge
3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Route map
Legend
km
7.25
Waitara Port Sidings
Borthwicks Freezing Works
Whitaker Street
6.80
Waitara
Grey Street
Browne Street
Cracoft Street
SH 3 (
Big Jim's
Overpass
)
Waitara Road
4.00
Waitara Road
Duncan and Davies
3.53
Magnolia Grove
Richmond Road
Kairau Road East
Waiongana Stream
Te Arei Road West
1.30
Sentry Hill
(original)
former route to
New Plymouth
Marton - New Plymouth Line
0.80
Sentry Hill
(new)
parallel tracks
0.00
Lepperton Junction
Marton - New Plymouth Line
Map
The Waitara Branch is a 7.245 km long branch line railway in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island. It was built as part of the region's first railway, linking New Plymouth with the closest suitable port, then the river port of Waitara. In 1884 the Breakwater port was opened in New Plymouth, but the line was saved when a (meat) freezing works was opened at Waitara in 1885.
For many years the line served the Borthwicks freezing works in town, until it closed in 1995. Services ceased on 16 June 1995.[1] The branch was closed on 2 February 1999.[2] The line has since been purchased by the Waitara Railway Preservation Society, who now operate tourist trains on the line.
^Hermann, Bruce (1995). "Small Lots". New Zealand Railway Observer (222). New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society: 63.
^Hermann, Bruce J (2007). North Island Branch Lines. Wellington: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society. pp. 45, 46. ISBN 978-0-908573-83-7.
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