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Adventure tourism operator Forgotten World Adventures [31] reached an agreement with KiwiRail in 2012 to lease the line for their new venture using modified petrol rail carts for tourists to travel between the line's termini at Stratford and Okahukura, via a number of trip options, starting from Labour Weekend 2012. [32]
Awakeri Rail Adventures operate carts on a 10 km (6.2 mi) part of the former Tāneatua branch, [18] Forgotten World Adventures on 142 km (88 mi) of the former Stratford–Okahukura Line, [19] and Dargaville Rail Carts on a 15 km (9.3 mi) section of the rail track from Dargaville branch to Tangowahine. [20]
New Zealand State Highway 43 (SH 43), also called the Forgotten World Highway, is a road that runs 148 km from Stratford in Taranaki to Taumarunui in the King Country. It contains the only unsealed portion of the New Zealand state highway network .
AROUND THE WORLD: 8 scenic train trips for families in the world's most beautiful places. With an air of yesteryear elegance, all of the Rocky Mountaineer routes are first-class all the way. At ...
Great Railway Journeys, originally titled Great Railway Journeys of the World, is a recurring series of travel documentaries produced by BBC Television.The premise of each programme is that the presenter, typically a well-known figure from the arts or media, would make a journey by train, usually through a country or to a destination to which they had a personal connection.
Amusement parks are usually filled with fun times, waterslides, rollercoasters, and lots of sweets. But, every once in a while, we hear about a horrifying case of an amusement park ride gone wrong.
Chris Tarrant was approached by Channel 5 to present three railway documentary episodes in 2012, and the result was Tarrant's trips to Congo, Australia and India, under the name Extreme Railways.
The decision was made to open a theme park to complement the zoo, and so Chessington World of Adventures was born. [13] On 7 July 1987 Chessington World of Adventures opened to the public in a ceremony including Prince Edward. [14] The park was built on a relatively small budget of around £12 million, to test the still-emerging theme park market.