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- Kapuni_Branch abstract "The Opunake Branch, later the Kapuni Branch was a branch railway of 36.4 km across the southern slopes of Mount Egmont to link the rural town of Opunake with the Marton–New Plymouth Line at Te Roti. With the decline of rural freight, part of the line was closed in 1976, but the 10.9 km section to Kapuni was retained and upgraded to service traffic to the Kapuni natural gas field. A branch line of about 23 miles to Opunake was authorised in 1912 for £400,000 by the Railways Authorization Act, 1912. Work commenced in 1914, and earthworks reached Kapuni by 1916, but progress was slowed by World War I. Work was suspended in December 1917, and recommenced in March 1919. At the peak 200 men were employed on line works, including a large 1.6 km cutting near Waiteika. The Waingongoro Bridge near Te Roiti, an unusual (for New Zealand) brick arch bridge, was completed in 1921, and the second bridge in 1923. The Public Works Department began running goods trains to Kapuni from 1 August 1923, and to Mangawhero Road by December 1924. The Opunake terminal was reached on 8 June 1925. On 12 July 1926 the Railways Department took over the line, with three goods trains each way a week plus passenger services. A 9 km branch from Kapuni to Manaia was built in 1920-24 to service a ballast pit on the Kaupokonui River, but was closed and the track lifted by 1926. Passenger services on the branch ended on 16 October 1955. Db class diesels were used from December 1966, then Dc class diesels from the 1980s. On April 1976 it was decided to close the line beyond Kapuni from July, and the 10.9 km section to Kapuni was upgraded and renamed the Kapuni Branch. Today the former 25.5 km section from Kapuni to Opunake has plenty of railway remnants to satisfy the enthusiast with sections of roadbed, cuttings, a goods shed and loading bay at Pihama and a loco shed, gateposta, a platform and a goods loading bank at Opunake.".
- Kapuni_Branch lineLength "10900.0".
- Kapuni_Branch lineLength "36400.0".
- Kapuni_Branch operatedBy KiwiRail.
- Kapuni_Branch operatedBy New_Zealand_Railways_Department.
- Kapuni_Branch owner New_Zealand_Railways_Department.
- Kapuni_Branch routeEnd Kapuni.
- Kapuni_Branch routeEnd Opunake.
- Kapuni_Branch status "Open to Kapuni".
- Kapuni_Branch wikiPageExternalLink tei-Gov01_04Rail-t1-body-d13-d1.html.
- Kapuni_Branch wikiPageID "41276492".
- Kapuni_Branch wikiPageRevisionID "602690021".
- Kapuni_Branch character "Rural".
- Kapuni_Branch end "Kapuni".
- Kapuni_Branch end "was Opunake".
- Kapuni_Branch linelength "10.9".
- Kapuni_Branch linelength "was".
- Kapuni_Branch name "Kapuni Branch".
- Kapuni_Branch notrack "Single".
- Kapuni_Branch operator KiwiRail.
- Kapuni_Branch operator New_Zealand_Railways_Department.
- Kapuni_Branch owner New_Zealand_Railways_Department.
- Kapuni_Branch start "Te Roti".
- Kapuni_Branch status "Open to Kapuni".
- Kapuni_Branch subject Category:3_ft_6_in_gauge_railways_in_New_Zealand.
- Kapuni_Branch subject Category:Rail_transport_in_the_Taranaki_Region.
- Kapuni_Branch subject Category:Railway_lines_closed_in_1976.
- Kapuni_Branch subject Category:Railway_lines_in_New_Zealand.
- Kapuni_Branch subject Category:Railway_lines_opened_in_1923.
- Kapuni_Branch type ArchitecturalStructure.
- Kapuni_Branch type Infrastructure.
- Kapuni_Branch type Place.
- Kapuni_Branch type RailwayLine.
- Kapuni_Branch type RouteOfTransportation.
- Kapuni_Branch type Wikidata:Q532.
- Kapuni_Branch type Place.
- Kapuni_Branch type Location.
- Kapuni_Branch comment "The Opunake Branch, later the Kapuni Branch was a branch railway of 36.4 km across the southern slopes of Mount Egmont to link the rural town of Opunake with the Marton–New Plymouth Line at Te Roti. With the decline of rural freight, part of the line was closed in 1976, but the 10.9 km section to Kapuni was retained and upgraded to service traffic to the Kapuni natural gas field.".
- Kapuni_Branch label "Kapuni Branch".
- Kapuni_Branch sameAs m.0zg8y8m.
- Kapuni_Branch sameAs Q16926975.
- Kapuni_Branch sameAs Q16926975.
- Kapuni_Branch wasDerivedFrom Kapuni_Branch?oldid=602690021.
- Kapuni_Branch isPrimaryTopicOf Kapuni_Branch.
- Kapuni_Branch name "Kapuni Branch (was Opunake Branch)".