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  2. New Zealand Railways Road Services - Wikipedia

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    New Zealand Railways Road Services depot in Dunedin. The New Zealand Railways Road Services (NZRRS) was a branch of the New Zealand Railways Department and later the New Zealand Railways Corporation. It operated long-distance, tourist and suburban bus services and freight trucking and parcel services. Its name was New Zealand Railways Road ...

  3. List of railway lines in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Rail transport in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Rail transport in New Zealand is an integral part of New Zealand's transport network, with a nationwide network of 4,375.5 km (2,718.8 mi) of track linking most major cities in the North and South Islands, connected by inter-island rail and road ferries. Rail transport in New Zealand has a particular focus on bulk freight exports and imports ...

  5. Level crossings in New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    The first railway in New Zealand was the short Ferrymead Railway from Christchurch in 1863 (see NZ Rail 150), but laying of new lines was slow until the Vogel Era when some thousand miles (1,600 km) of track was laid in seven years from 1874. Lines were initially basic, with improvements made as traffic increased (in the American pattern).

  6. New Zealand Railways Department - Wikipedia

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    By the 1920s NZR was noticing a considerable downturn in rail passenger traffic on many lines due to increasing ownership of private cars, and from 1923 it began to co-ordinate rail passenger services with private bus services. The New Zealand Railways Road Services branch was formed to operate bus services.

  7. List of Christchurch railway stations - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of railway stations in the Christchurch region of New Zealand.It includes both those still in service and those that have been closed. Included are stations on the following lines: Eyreton Branch, Little River Branch, Main North Line out to Rangiora, Main South Line out to Burnham, Midland Line out to Springfield, Oxford Branch, Southbridge Branch, Whitecliffs Branch.

  8. Wellington railway station - Wikipedia

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    In 1982, the New Zealand Railways Corporation replaced the Railways Department. The application of a more commercial attitude to the running of the organisation resulted in a large reduction in staff employed at the Wellington railway station. Due to the reduction of railway staff numbers in the 1980s, large parts of the building became ...

  9. Rail transport in Christchurch - Wikipedia

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    The Railways of New Zealand: A Journey through History (Second ed.). Transpress New Zealand. ISBN 0-908876-20-3. Dew, Leslie (2001). The Great Northern: The Story of the Waiau Branch Railway. Christchurch: Weka Pass Railway. ISBN 0-473-07188-6. Dunlop, Robin (30 June 2005). "Annual Report 2004-2005" (PDF). House of Representatives. Wellington ...