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Dunedin Railways

Index Dunedin Railways

The Dunedin Railways (formerly the Taieri Gorge Railway) is an operator of a railway line and tourist trains based at Dunedin Railway Station in the South Island of New Zealand. [1]

82 relations: Addington Railway Workshops, Arrangements between railroads, Auckland Council, Canterbury Railway Society, Christchurch, Clyde Dam, Commonwealth Engineering, Council-controlled organisation, Department of Conservation (New Zealand), Dunedin, Dunedin City Council, Dunedin railway station, East Town Railway Workshops, English Electric, Feilding, Feilding and District Steam Rail Society, Gangway connection, Hillside Engineering, Hindon, New Zealand, Huntly, New Zealand, Hurst Nelson, Hutt Workshops, Hyde, New Zealand, KiwiRail, KiwiRail Scenic Journeys, Little River, New Zealand, Loading gauge, Local Government Act 2002, Local-authority trading enterprise, Main South Line, Mainline Steam Heritage Trust, Masterton, Middlemarch, Middlemarch, New Zealand, Midland Rail Heritage Trust, Ministry of Works and Development, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nelson Railway Society, New Zealand DE class locomotive, New Zealand DJ class locomotive, New Zealand dollar, New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, New Zealand Railways Corporation, New Zealand Railways Department, New Zealand TR class locomotive, Northland Region, NZR 50-foot carriage, NZR 56-foot carriage, NZR FM guards van, NZR RM class (Silver Fern), ..., Ocean Beach Railway, Otago, Otago Central Rail Trail, Otago Central Railway, Otahuhu Workshops, Palmerston, New Zealand, Parnell, New Zealand, Petone Workshops, Port Chalmers, Port Chalmers Branch, Queensland Rail, Rail transport, Rail transport in New Zealand, Ruakura, Seasider, Sojitz, South Island, Southerner (New Zealand train), Strath Taieri, Taieri Gorge, Taieri River, Te Anau, Trade Me, Tranz Rail, Wairarapa Connection, Weka Pass Railway, Wellington, Westfield, New Zealand, Wingatui, Wrought iron, YouTube, Zig Zag Railway. Expand index (32 more) »

Addington Railway Workshops

The Addington Railway Workshops was a major railway facility established in the Christchurch suburb of Addington in May 1880 by the New Zealand Railways Department.

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Arrangements between railroads

Railway companies can interact with and control others in many ways.

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Auckland Council

The Auckland Council is the local government council for the Auckland Region in New Zealand.

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Canterbury Railway Society

The Canterbury Railway Society is an organisation of railway enthusiasts based in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island, best known for their operation of The Ferrymead Railway at the Ferrymead Heritage Park.

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Christchurch

Christchurch (Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region.

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Clyde Dam

The Clyde Dam, New Zealand's third largest hydroelectric dam, is built on the Clutha River near the town of Clyde.

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Commonwealth Engineering

Commonwealth Engineering was an Australian engineering company that designed and built railway locomotives, rolling stock and trams.

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Council-controlled organisation

Council-controlled organisations and council-controlled trading organisations in New Zealand are what were formerly known as local authority trading enterprises (LATEs).

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Department of Conservation (New Zealand)

The Department of Conservation (DOC) (Māori: Te Papa Atawhai) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with the conservation of New Zealand's natural and historical heritage.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the Otago region.

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Dunedin City Council

The Dunedin City Council is the local government authority for Dunedin in New Zealand.

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Dunedin railway station

Dunedin railway station in Dunedin on New Zealand's South Island, designed by George Troup, is the city's fourth station.

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East Town Railway Workshops

The East Town Railway Workshops were a major manufacturing, maintenance and repair facility of the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) located by the Marton - New Plymouth Line in the city of Wanganui in New Zealand's North Island.

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English Electric

The English Electric Company Limited was a British industrial manufacturer formed after the armistice of World War I at the end of 1918.

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Feilding

Feilding (Māori: Kawakawa) is a town in the Manawatu District of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Feilding and District Steam Rail Society

The Feilding and District Steam Rail Society, also known as Feilding Steam Rail, is a railway preservation society located in Feilding in the Manawatu region of New Zealand.

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Gangway connection

A gangway connection (or, more loosely, a corridor connection) is a flexible connector fitted to the end of a railway coach, enabling passengers to move from one coach to another without danger of falling from the train.

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Hillside Engineering

Hillside Engineering Group is a trading division of the rail operator KiwiRail in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Hindon, New Zealand

Hindon is a small settlement in inland Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Huntly, New Zealand

Huntly (Rahui-Pōkeka) (population) is a town in the Waikato district and region of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Hurst Nelson

Hurst, Nelson and Company Ltd was a railway rolling stock manufacturer based in Motherwell, Scotland.

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Hutt Workshops

The Hutt Railway Workshops is a major railway engineering facility in the Lower Hutt suburb of Gracefield in the Wellington region of New Zealand's North Island.

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Hyde, New Zealand

Hyde is a locality in Otago, New Zealand, located in the Strath-Taieri.

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KiwiRail

KiwiRail Holdings Limited is a New Zealand State-owned enterprise responsible for rail operations in New Zealand.

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KiwiRail Scenic Journeys

Now called The Great Journeys of New Zealand, KiwiRail Scenic Journeys is the former long-distance passenger train brand of KiwiRail, previously Tranz Scenic (1995—2011) and InterCity Rail (1987—1995).

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Little River, New Zealand

Little River is a town on Banks Peninsula in the Canterbury region of New Zealand.

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Loading gauge

A loading gauge defines the maximum height and width for railway vehicles and their loads to ensure safe passage through bridges, tunnels and other structures.

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Local Government Act 2002

The Local Government Act 2002 of New Zealand is an Act of New Zealand's Parliament that defines Local Government in New Zealand.

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Local-authority trading enterprise

A local authority trading enterprise (LATE) was an organisation established in New Zealand under the Local Government Act 1974.

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Main South Line

The Main South Line, sometimes referred to as part of the South Island Main Trunk Railway, is a railroad line that runs north and south from Lyttelton in New Zealand through Christchurch and along the east coast of the South Island to Invercargill via Dunedin.

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Mainline Steam Heritage Trust

The Mainline Steam Heritage Trust is a New Zealand organisation devoted to the restoration and operation of historic New Zealand Railways mainline steam locomotives.

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Masterton

Masterton (Whakaoriori) is a large town in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and the seat of the Masterton District (a territorial authority or local government district).

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Middlemarch

Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by the English author George Eliot, (Mary Anne Evans) first published in eight installments (volumes) during 1871–72.

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Middlemarch, New Zealand

Middlemarch is a small town in the Otago region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Midland Rail Heritage Trust

The Midland Rail Heritage Trust was founded on 28 April 2004 by a group of railway enthusiasts to preserve and promote the Midland Railway line and the steam locomotives that worked it.

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Ministry of Works and Development

The New Zealand Ministry of Works and Development, formerly the Department of Public Works and often referred to as the Public Works Department or PWD, was founded in 1876 and disestablished and privatised in 1988.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

is a Japanese multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Nelson Railway Society

The Nelson Railway Society operates a short heritage railway line in the Founders Heritage Park, Nelson, New Zealand.

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New Zealand DE class locomotive

The New Zealand DE class locomotive is a New Zealand class of shunting diesel-electric locomotives.

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New Zealand DJ class locomotive

The New Zealand DJ class locomotive is a type of diesel-electric locomotive in service on the New Zealand rail network.

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New Zealand dollar

The New Zealand dollar (sign: $; code: NZD, also abbreviated NZ$) (Tāra o Aotearoa) is the currency and legal tender of New Zealand, the Cook Islands, Niue, the Ross Dependency, Tokelau, and a British territory, the Pitcairn Islands.

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New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society

The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc (NZRLS) is a society of railway enthusiasts, based in Wellington.

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New Zealand Railways Corporation

New Zealand Railways Corporation (NZRC) is the state-owned enterprise that owns the land beneath KiwiRail's railway network on behalf of the Crown.

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New Zealand Railways Department

The New Zealand Railways Department, NZR or NZGR (New Zealand Government Railways) and often known as the "Railways", was a government department charged with owning and maintaining New Zealand's railway infrastructure and operating the railway system.

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New Zealand TR class locomotive

The New Zealand TR class is a class of diesel shunting locomotives built by many different manufacturers.

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Northland Region

The Northland Region (Te Tai Tokerau) is the northernmost of New Zealand's 16 local government regions.

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NZR 50-foot carriage

The NZR 50-foot carriage of 1908 were originally constructed for the North Island Main Trunk passenger trains.

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NZR 56-foot carriage

The NZR 56-foot carriage is a class of -long railway passenger car formerly used on almost all long-distance rail transport in New Zealand.

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NZR FM guards van

The New Zealand FM guards van is a rail vehicle in New Zealand originally used on freight trains but now used primarily on passenger trains, reclassified AG.

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NZR RM class (Silver Fern)

The NZR RM class Silver Fern is a class of rail motor in New Zealand.

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Ocean Beach Railway

The Ocean Beach Railway (OBR) is a heritage railway that operates in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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Otago

Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island administered by the Otago Regional Council.

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Otago Central Rail Trail

The Otago Central Rail Trail is a 150-kilometre walking, cycling and horse riding track in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Otago Central Railway

The Otago Central Railway (OCR) or in later years Otago Central Branch Railway, now often referred to as the Taieri Gorge Railway, was a secondary railway line in Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Otahuhu Workshops

Otahuhu Railway Workshops were a major rolling stock construction, maintenance and repair facility operated by New Zealand Railways, in the south Auckland suburb of Otahuhu in New Zealand's North Island.

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Palmerston, New Zealand

The town of Palmerston, in New Zealand's South Island, lies 50 kilometres to the north of the city of Dunedin.

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Parnell, New Zealand

Parnell is an upmarket suburb in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Petone Workshops

The Petone Workshops were a government-owned railways maintenance and repair facility located in Petone, in Lower Hutt in the Wellington region of New Zealand's North Island.

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Port Chalmers

Port Chalmers is a suburb and the main port of the city of Dunedin, New Zealand, with a population of 3,000.

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Port Chalmers Branch

The Port Chalmers Branch was the first railway line built in Otago, New Zealand, and linked the region's major city of Dunedin with the port in Port Chalmers.

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Queensland Rail

Queensland Rail, also known as QR, is a railway operator in Queensland, Australia.

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Rail transport

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks.

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Rail transport in New Zealand

Rail transport in New Zealand is primarily provided by KiwiRail and focused on bulk freight, with a small number of tourist orientated passenger services, such as the, and.

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Ruakura

Ruakura is a semi-rural suburb of Hamilton City, in the Waikato region of New Zealand.

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Seasider

The Seasider is a tourist train in the South Island of New Zealand, operated by the Dunedin Railways along the Main South Line between the historic Dunedin Railway Station and Palmerston once or twice a week in the summer months and occasionally during winter.

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Sojitz

is a sogo shosha (general trading company) based in Tokyo, Japan.

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South Island

The South Island (Māori: Te Waipounamu) is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island.

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Southerner (New Zealand train)

The Southerner was a passenger express train in New Zealand's South Island between Christchurch and Invercargill along the South Island Main Trunk, that ran from Tuesday, 1 December 1970 to Sunday, 10 February 2002.

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Strath Taieri

Strath Taieri is a large glacial valley and river plateau in New Zealand's South Island.

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Taieri Gorge

The Taieri Gorge is located on the Taieri River, in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Taieri River

The Taieri River is the fourth-longest river in New Zealand and is in Otago in the South Island.

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Te Anau

Te Anau is a town in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Trade Me

Trade Me is the largest Internet auction website operating in New Zealand.

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Tranz Rail

Tranz Rail, formally Tranz Rail Holdings Limited (New Zealand Rail Limited until 1995), was the main rail operator in New Zealand from 1991 until it was purchased by Toll Holdings in 2003.

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Wairarapa Connection

The Wairarapa Connection is a New Zealand interurban commuter rail service along the Wairarapa Line between Masterton, the largest town in the Wairarapa, and Wellington.

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Weka Pass Railway

The Weka Pass Railway is a New Zealand heritage railway based in Waipara, North Canterbury.

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Wellington

Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara) is the capital city and second most populous urban area of New Zealand, with residents.

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Westfield, New Zealand

Westfield is an Auckland suburb.

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Wingatui

Wingatui is a small settlement almost 15 kilometres west of Dunedin, and two kilometres east of Mosgiel.

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Wrought iron

puddled iron, a form of wrought iron Wrought iron is an iron alloy with a very low carbon (less than 0.08%) content in contrast to cast iron (2.1% to 4%).

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YouTube

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California.

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Zig Zag Railway

The Zig Zag Railway is an Australian heritage railway, situated near the town of Lithgow in the state of New South Wales.

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Redirects here:

Otago Excursion Train Trust, Taieri Gorge Limited, Taieri Gorge Railway.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunedin_Railways

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