Tawa Flat deviation

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The Tawa Flat deviation is a section of the North Island Main Trunk Railway (NIMT) north of Wellington, New Zealand. The deviation includes two long tunnels. These two tunnels were opened to goods trains in 1936 and passenger trains in 1938, replacing a steep portion of the original main line of the former Wellington & Manawatu Railway Company, much of which is still in use as the Johnsonville Branch. The southern tunnel comes out at a bridge in Ngaraunga Gorge and then into the second tunnel, which passes under Newlands and comes out at Glenside, on the way to Tawa. This line is also used by Tranz Metro services to Porirua and Paraparaumu.


New Zealand Railway Lines
Main lines
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North Island:
East Coast Main Trunk - North Island Main Trunk
South Island:
Main North Line and Main South Line, known together as the South Island Main Trunk
Secondary lines
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North Island:
Marton - New Plymouth Line - North Auckland Line - Palmerston North - Gisborne Line - Stratford - Okahukura Line - Wairarapa Line
South Island:
Midland Line - Nelson Section - Otago Central Railway - Stillwater - Westport Line - Waimea Plains Railway

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Branch lines
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Upper North Island
Cambridge - Dargaville - Donnelly's Crossing - Glen Afton - Kinleith - Kumeu-Riverhead - Mount Maunganui - Murupara - Newmarket - Okaihau - Onehunga - Onerahi - Opua - Rotorua - Taneatua - Thames - Waiuku and Mission Bush
Lower North Island
Ahuriri - Castlecliff and Wanganui - Foxton - Greytown - Johnsonville - Melling - Mount Egmont - Moutohora - Ngatapa - Opunake - Raetihi - Taonui - Te Aro - Waitara
Upper South Island
Blackball and Roa - Cape Foulwind - Conns Creek - Eyreton - Fairlie - Little River - Lyttelton - 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

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Private lines
Glen Massey Branch - Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway - Dun Mountain Railway - Hutt Park Railway - Kaitangata Line - Sanson Tramway - Wellington and Manawatu Railway

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