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unable to haul the goods wagons and had to return to
Invercargill with only the passenger carriages. Accordingly, one more service was required to run, and the next week it successfully retrieved the wagons and the line was officially closed. The closure directly caused the loss in lime traffic from the
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for ÂŁ6486, of which three truss girders (each 80 ft (24 m) long and made of iron) of the rail bridge still span the river, but are inaccessible as smaller spans at each end were removed during demolition of the line. Another one of the branch's goods sheds survives, in dilapidated condition
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that carried both passengers and freight. Upon opening, the first section to
Waimatua was served by just two mixed trains from Invercargill per week, but when the line was opened to Waimahaka, services changed to a daily mixed train that ran from the terminus to Invercargill and back. These trains
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The line's new closure date was 31 March 1966, but a final passenger excursion for local residents and railway enthusiasts was permitted to run on 2 April. Hauled by A 426, it was meant to also retrieve those goods wagons which had been left on the line. However, various problems meant that it was
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Wednesday 20 September 1911, making it 54.42 kilometres in total length. Although a connection with the Catlins River Branch appears logical on a map, the rugged country beyond Tokanui discouraged further extension, and the 'promise' to connect the two branches may have merely been an electoral
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and five times a week. The demand for the line was now insufficient to justify its existence, and it was initially to close on 31 January 1966, but was given an extra two months of life to allow local farmers to rail in lime under subsidies from the government.
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used by the railway can be found at various points along its length, though due to the passage of time, remnants have diminished or been wholly destroyed, either by natural conditions or in the name of development. At the site of the yard in
Waimahaka, the old
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and fertiliser in and produce of the farms out. The arrival of the railway caused the decline of coastal shipping; the opening of the line to
Waimahaka particularly impacted the fortunes of
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Invercargill, the former line cuts diagonally across the grid pattern of the streets and creates a green belt of parks and playgrounds through the city.
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were changed to run from
Tokanui when it was reached by the line. Initially, timber was the major traffic carried on the branch, but as farming areas developed, the main traffic became
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this stage, it mainly operated for the benefit of families employed by the
Railways Department. The daily freight continued to run on the other days of the week sans passenger wagon.
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has been refurbished, and the station platform and loading bank are also still visible. The largest structure on the line was the
Mataura River bridge, completed in April 1899 by
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Seaward Bush line, both the unbuilt 23 mi 63 ch (38.3 km) Tahakopa-Marinui and 6 mi (9.7 km) Marinui-Tokanui sections having been surveyed.
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had rejected a railway line due to lack of finances and an 1880 Royal Commission did not view the line as advisable. By 1882 the
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935:"Table of Lengths of Government Lines Authorized, Constructed, and Surveyed up to 31st March, 1931"
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that had run in the area in the 1870s. Governments of the
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to Gorge Road was opened on 6 March 1895 by the local MP,
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was opened on Friday, 9 June 1899 by the Prime Minister,
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857:"Public Works Statement. Catlin's-Waimahaka"
730:"Waimahaka-Tokonui Railway. Southland Times"
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154:. A connection with the
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388:Closure
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320:Te Peka
308:Titiroa
278:Mokotua
260:Tisbury
251:Appleby
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136:Mokotua
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115:of the
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