Seasider
Appearance
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![]() Seasider (and Taieri Gorge) promo Poster at Dunedin Rail in 2015 | |
Overview | |
Service type | Regional rail |
Status | Operational |
First service | 1 September 2002 |
Current operator(s) | Dunedin Railways |
Website | dunedinrailways |
Route | |
Termini | Dunedin Railway Station Waitati Station |
Average journey time | 2 - 2.5 hours |
Line(s) used | South Island Main Trunk Line |
Technical | |
Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
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The Seasider is a tourist train in the South Island of New Zealand, operated by the Dunedin Railways along the Main South Line between the historic Dunedin Railway Station and Waitati once or twice a month. Since the demise of the Southerner on 10 February 2002 it has been the only regular passenger train on this stretch of line.
Further reading
[edit]- Bowden, David. Great Railway Journeys in Australia and New Zealand. Oxford, England: John Beaufoy Publishing. pp. 150, 151. ISBN 978-1-909612-94-5.
External links
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