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This name had come into common usage, due to the station's proximity to Tongariro National Park, and it also served to avoid confusion with other places called Waimarino. Plans for the station were approved in 1901 and a 4th class station of 90 ft (27 m) by 17 ft (5.2 m) was built by March 1908, with rooms for a stationmaster, luggage, urinals ...
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
In 1981 NZR was corporatised as the New Zealand Railways Corporation, and in 1991 New Zealand Rail Limited was split from the corporation. New Zealand Rail was privatised in 1993 (and later renamed Tranz Rail), with the New Zealand Railways Corporation retaining the land (due to Treaty of Waitangi claims on land taken for railway construction ...
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 Northern Explorer is a long-distance passenger train operated by the Great Journeys New Zealand division of KiwiRail between Auckland and Wellington in the North Island of New Zealand, along the North Island Main Trunk (NIMT). Three services operate per week in each direction between Auckland's The Strand Station and Wellington railway ...
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%. [14] From 1946 to 1983, some rail freight was airlifted between Woodbourne and Papaparaumu, from 1951 by Straits Air Freight Express.
The Palmerston North–Gisborne Line (PNGL) is a secondary main line railway in the North Island of New Zealand. It branches from the North Island Main Trunk at Palmerston North and runs east through the Manawatū Gorge to Woodville, where it meets the Wairarapa Line, and then proceeds to Hastings and Napier in Hawke's Bay before following the coast north to Gisborne.