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Waimarino National Park railway station is a station on the North Island Main Trunk that serves the area around the town of National Park in New Zealand's Ruapehu District. It is served by KiwiRail's Northern Explorer long distance train between Wellington and Auckland. There is a licensed cafe on the platform.
The Overseas Railroad (also known as Florida Overseas Railroad, the Overseas Extension, and Flagler's Folly) was an extension of the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, a city located 128 miles (206 km) beyond the end of the Florida peninsula.
National Park (officially Waimarino) is a small town on the North Island Central Plateau in New Zealand. Formerly known as National Park Village, it is the highest urban township in New Zealand, at 825 metres. The village has great views of Mount Tongariro, Mount Ngauruhoe (Mount Doom in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy), and Mount Ruapehu.
National Park railway station may refer to: National Park railway station, South Australia , a defunct station on the Adelaide-Wolseley railway line, formerly servicing the Belair National Park National Park railway station, Manawatu-Wanganui , a current station on the North Island Main Trunk, servicing the town of National Park, New Zealand
Ohakune Overlander at Ohakune in 2012. The low platform resulted in use of steps to ease access to coaches. General information Location Thames Street, Ohakune New Zealand Coordinates 39°24′10″S 175°24′59″E / 39.402775°S 175.416384°E / -39.402775; 175.416384 Elevation 618 m (2,028 ft) Owned by KiwiRail Line(s) North Island Main Trunk Distance Wellington 317.09 km (197. ...
The new brand, named KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, was launched with new AK-class carriages designed to showcase New Zealand's scenery, [9] as well as providing long-distance passenger train services. During the transformation, the TranzCoastal train was rebranded as the Coastal Pacific and the Overlander became the Northern Explorer ; whereas the ...
A variety of gauges was used, including the New Zealand standard 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm). Typical bush trams were more lightly constructed than ordinary rail lines and had steeper gradients and sharper curves. With the low speeds that were commonplace, rolling stock and locomotives were generally built to lighter standards than main-line vehicles.
From 13 February 1956, the RM class 88 seater railcars were introduced to New Zealand and they were placed on a 6 days a week service between Christchurch and Picton, cutting times to 7 hours, with 34 stops, and then, in 1959, 6 hours 40 mins, with 23 stops. The railcars were converted for locomotive haulage from 5 December 1977 and the journey ...