The Kaimai Tunnel is a railway tunnel through the Kaimai Range in the North Island of New Zealand. Since it was opened in 1978, it has held the title of...
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The Kaimai Range (sometimes referred to as the Kaimai Ranges) is a mountain range in the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of a series of ranges...
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East Coast Main Trunk (section Kaimai Tunnel deviation)
eclipsed by the 13,400 m No. 4 tunnel of the Hex River Tunnels system in 1989. After the opening of the Kaimai Tunnel, the route through the Karangahake...
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tunnel in New Zealand, superseding the Otira Tunnel in the South Island until the completion of the Kaimai Tunnel 9.03 kilometres (5.61 mi) near Tauranga in...
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Albert Park tunnels, Auckland – built to shelter civilians in the event of an air raid Longest bored tunnels From longest to shortest. Kaimai – 8879 m –...
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1986. New long tunnels, for example the Rimutaka Tunnel and the Kaimai Tunnel, were operated by diesels, and the Otira and Lyttelton Tunnels have converted...
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train from Tauranga to Matamata and Rotorua via the new Kaimai Tunnel under the name Kaimai Express, using NZR locomotives and carriages from Steam Inc...
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Wairarapa, opened 1955; and the Kaimai deviation in the Bay of Plenty, opened 1978. All of these involved major tunnelling works, of close to 9 kilometres...
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Japanese surname Kamay (disambiguation) Kaimai Range a New Zealand mountain range Kaimai Tunnel a New Zealand rail tunnel This disambiguation page lists articles...
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track that was part of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway until the Kaimai Tunnel deviation made it redundant in 1978. The Goldfields Railway was formed...
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Main Trunk railway line. The railway closed in September 1978 when the Kaimai Tunnel opened. The railway from Apata through to Paeroa remained in place until...
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Cement was supplied for the construction of Huntly power station and the Kaimai tunnel. A fire destroyed the 1921 shed in 2010. A pontoon was added to the...
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through the Karangahake and Athenree gorges until the opening of the Kaimai Tunnel in 1978. The class was virtually indistinguishable externally from the...
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the Taunton train fire. September 12 - The longest tunnel in New Zealand (8,896m), the Kaimai Tunnel on the East Coast Main Trunk opened. October 29 -...
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visible. The Kaimai Tunnel relegated this section to ghost status; in August 1962 a deviation from Wahora to Apata passing under the Kaimai Range in a long...
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Freight & passenger East Coast Main Trunk Hamilton – Morrinsville – Kaimai Tunnel – Tauranga – Kawerau Freight only Midland Line Rolleston – Springfield...
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in the Bay of Plenty area on the lightly laid track there. After the Kaimai Tunnel opened in 1978, all five members were transferred to the South Island...
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Main Trunk Apata Line open, station closed 29.77 km (18.50 mi) via Kaimai Tunnel Terminus Kinleith Branch Waharoa Line open, station closed 6 km...
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2006). "Ngati Hinerangi Grievances Relating to the Building of the Kaimai Tunnel and Deviation" (PDF). Waitangi Tribunal. p. 37. "Ngāti Hinerangi Deed...
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part of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway. With the opening of the Kaimai Tunnel in 1979, the Paeroa to Katikati section of the East Coast Main Trunk...
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through Waihi and a deviation to the south was built, including the Kaimai Tunnel. It opened in 1978, making the line through Waihi redundant, but the...
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turner in Gisborne. He then moved to the Waikato and worked on the Kaimai Tunnel. He began selling and servicing tractors in Matamata before deciding...
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included the line from Morrinsville to Paeroa with the opening of the Kaimai Tunnel deviation), and when it opened in 1928, Thames swiftly declined in status...
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passenger traffic between Te Puke and Tāneatua. With the opening of the Kaimai tunnel in 1978, the terminus of the East Coast Main Trunk line was changed...
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2006). "Ngati Hinerangi Grievances Relating to the Building of the Kaimai Tunnel and Deviation" (PDF). Waitangi Tribunal. Professor Alan Ward (1997)...
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Kinleith, Rotorua and Murupara Branches, making use of the recently opened Kaimai Tunnel; and ten worked freight trains on the Main North Line between Christchurch...
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an excursion from Auckland to Tauranga through the recently opened Kaimai Tunnel, operated with three Society carriages and one carriage hired from Steam...
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progressively strengthened, and in the case of the ECMT with the opening of the Kaimai Tunnel in 1978. Their axle loading was 14.8 tonnes (14.6 long tons; 16.3 short...
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track that was part of the East Coast Main Trunk Railway until the Kaimai Tunnel deviation made it redundant in 1978. "Time Line - Tramway to Victoria...
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which ran from Morrinsville through to Rotorua. With the opening of the Kaimai Tunnel in 1978, the section of line between Morrinsville and Waharoa became...
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