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A heritage railway which operates every day along a portion of the Kawakawa to Opua railway line. This is the site of the North Island's first railway and passenger service in the late 1880's. Today a group of dedicated volunteers keep the memory alive with the vintage steam train. The only train service in the world to run down the town's main street and down the middle of a state highway.

 

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Bay of Islands Vintage Railway
Steam locomotive Gabriel pulling passenger coaches over Bridge Five
Locale	Kawakawa, Bay of Islands, Northland,  New Zealand
Terminus	Taumarere
Commercial operations
Name	Opua Branch
Built by	Kawakawa Coal Mines (Kawakawa – Taumarere) New Zealand Government Railways (Otiria – Kawakawa, Taumarere – Opua)
Original gauge	1435mm (tramway) 1067mm (railway)
Preserved operations
Owned by	Bay of Islands Vintage Railway
Stations	Two
Length	11.5km (total length)
Preserved gauge	1067mm
Commercial history
Opened	1868 (as a tramway)
Closed	1985

 

 

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