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Otago Central Railway

Otago Central Railway
DE Class on Taieri Gorge Railway.jpg
A DE class locomotive on the Otago Central Railway
Overview
Status Open to Middlemarch, passenger, closed beyond Middlemarch
Locale Otago, New Zealand
Termini Wingatui
Middlemarch
Stations 3
Operation
Opened 1921 (to Cromwell)
Closed 1980 (Clyde - Cromwell)
1990 (Middlemarch - Clyde)
Owner KiwiRail (first 4km)
Dunedin Railways
Operator(s) Dunedin Railways
Technical
Line length 64 km (originally 236 km)
Number of tracks 1
Track gauge 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Minimum radius 140 metres (7 chains)
Operating speed 50 km/h
Highest elevation 28 m to 254 m
Maximum incline 1 in 50
Route map
Main South Line to Dunedin
0.0 Wingatui
Main South Line to Invercargill
4.0 Limit of KiwiRail running
Salisbury
Taioma
Parera
Mount Allan
Christmas Creek
Hindon
Deep Stream
Flat Stream
The Reefs
45.0 Pukerangi
Matarae
Matarae Siding
Sutton
64.0 Middlemarch
Ngapuna
Rock and Pillar
Hyde
Hyde Township
Tiroiti
Kokonga
Waipiata
123.5 Ranfurly
Wedderburn
Oturehua
Ida Valley
Auripo
Lauder
Omakau
Chatto Creek
Galloway
207.0 Alexandra
214.0 Clyde (new)
Clyde
Doigs
Waenga

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