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SH 1 south – Cheviot, Christchurch: Highway 70 begins: 16 Linton Creek: 19 Kahutara River: 24 Green Burn: Hurunui District: 30 Charwell River: Conway River: Lyford 55 Mason River (Mount Lyford Forest Drive) – Mount Lyford Village: 67 Wandle River: 72 Lottery River: 75 Mason River: Waiau: 19 (78) (Lyndon Street) – Cheviot, Kaikōura via ...
Freight increased from 15 trains a week southbound in 1952, to 29 in 1988 and 36 in 2001. It totalled about a million tonnes a year before the 2016 earthquake. A 1994 attempt to regain Auckland-Christchurch freight, with a 24-hour journey, lasted only a couple of years and by 2012 rail's share of that traffic was 28%, road's 57% and ship's 15% ...
SH 76 north (Christchurch Southern Motorway) – Christchurch City Centre, Lyttelton: Northbound exit and southbound entrance SH 1 merges onto Christchurch Southern Motorway: Rolleston: 358: 222: Weedons Road – Rolleston, Lincoln Weedons Ross Road – West Melton: Christchurch Southern Motorway ends: Ashburton District: Rakaia: 400: 250 ...
It is 146 kilometres by road north of Christchurch on the Inland Kaikōura Road (SH70) between Culverden and Kaikōura. The resort is a 40-minute drive to Hanmer Springs and a 45-minute drive to Kaikōura. The nearby township of Waiau, Canterbury has a small supermarket, DIY store and petrol station. The Inland Kaikōura Road is very scenic and ...
State Highway 6 (SH 6) is a major New Zealand state highway.It extends from the Marlborough region in the northeastern corner of the South Island across the top of the island, then down the length of the island, initially along the West Coast and then across the Southern Alps through inland Otago and finally across the Southland Plains to the island's south coast.
State Highway 1 (SH 1) is the longest and most significant road in the New Zealand road network, running the length of both main islands.It appears on road maps as SH 1 and on road signs as a white number 1 on a red shield, but it has the official designations SH 1N in the North Island, SH 1S in the South Island.
Coastal Pacific A northbound Coastal Pacific train in Picton Overview Service type Inter-city rail Status Current Locale Upper South Island, New Zealand First service 25 September 1988 Current operator(s) Great Journeys New Zealand (2017–present) Former operator(s) InterCity Rail (1988–1995) Tranz Scenic (1995–2012) KiwiRail Scenic Journeys (2012–2017) Route Termini Christchurch Picton ...
When State Highway 1 went through Christchurch was rerouted to bypass the city in the early 1990s, State Highways 73 and 74 were extended to cover much of the original route, with SH 74 initially continuing through at QEII Drive/Northcote Road to travel via Cranford and Sherborne Streets. In Christchurch CBD, the route turned left onto Bealey ...