East Coast Main Trunk Railway - Connecting Private Railways

Connecting Private Railways

Junction Station	Date Opened	Date Closed	Owner	Notes
Morrinsville	1-3-1886	Open	Thames Valley and Rotorua Railway Co.	Purchased by NZR 1886.
Waikino		1925	Kauri Timber Co.	Steam-powered bush tramway to Waitawheta valley
Waikino/Waihi	1897	1952	Waihi Gold Mining Company	2'9" steam railway between Waikino and Waihi, extensive network in Waihi Borough.
Waihi	1899	1921	Waihi Timber Company	Steam powered bush tram to Waimata valley
Omokoroa	1912	1947	Whakamarama Land & Timber Co	Steam powered bush tramway from Omokoroa Point to deep in the Kaimai Ranges.
Edgecumbe	1926	1960's	Matahina Tramway Inc	Owned by several sawmillers including WBM, Matahina Forests Ltd, Kauri Sawmills Ltd.
Awakeri	1939	2002	Whakatane Board Mills Ltd	10km line. Bought by Tranzrail in 1999. Closed and lifted 2002.

New Zealand railway lines

Main lines

North Island	East Coast Main Trunk North Island Main Trunk (inc. Kapiti Line)

South Island	Main North Line and Main South Line (inc. Lyttelton Line), known together as the South Island Main Trunk

Secondary lines

North Island	Marton – New Plymouth Line North Auckland Line Palmerston North – Gisborne Line Stratford–Okahukura Line Wairarapa Line (inc. Hutt Valley Line)

South Island	Midland Line Nelson Section Otago Central Railway Stillwater–Westport Line Waimea Plains Railway

Branch lines

Upper North Island	Cambridge Dargaville Donnellys Crossing Glen Afton Kinleith Kumeu–Riverhead Manukau Mount Maunganui Murupara Newmarket Okaihau Onehunga Onerahi Opua Rotorua Taneatua Thames Waiuku and Mission Bush

Lower North Island	Ahuriri Castlecliff Foxton Gracefield Greytown Johnsonville Melling Mount Egmont Moutohora Ngatapa Opunake Raetihi Taonui Te Aro Waitara Wanganui

Upper South Island	Blackball and Roa Cape Foulwind Conns Creek Eyreton Fairlie Ferrymead Little River Methven Mount Somers Oxford Rapahoe Rewanui Hokitika/Ross Seddonville Southbridge Waiau Waimate Whitecliffs

Lower South Island	Bluff Catlins River Dunback and Makareao Fernhill Hedgehope Kingston Kurow Moeraki Mossburn Ngapara and Tokarahi Outram Port Chalmers Roxburgh Shag Point Tapanui Tokanui Tuatapere Waikaia Waikaka Wairio Walton Park Wyndham

Private lines

Dun Mountain Railway
Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway
Glen Massey Branch
Hutt Park Railway
Kaitangata Line
New Zealand Midland Railway Company
Riccarton Racecourse Siding
Sanson Tramway
Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company (Wellington–Manawatu Line)
Whakatane Board Mills Line

Significant proposals

Avondale–Southdown Line
Canterbury Interior Main Line
Haywards–Plimmerton Line
Marsden Point Branch
Martinborough Branch
Nelson railway proposals
Sockburn–Styx Deviation
Taupo railway proposals
Wainuiomata railway proposals

See also: New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines

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