East Coast Main Trunk

East Coast Main Trunk
Overview
Owner	KiwiRail (tracks) New Zealand Railways Corporation (land)
Locale	North Island, New Zealand
Termini	Hamilton Kawerau
Service
Type	Main line
System	New Zealand railway network
Operator(s)	KiwiRail
Technical
Track gauge	1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map

v t e East Coast Main Trunk
Legend
North Island Main Trunk Hamilton Central Waikato River Claudelands Ruakura Cambridge Branch Eureka Motumaoho Morrinsville Thames Branch Former route via Paeroa Kiwitahi Kereone Walton Kinleith Branch Hemopo Kaimai Tunnel Whatakau Former route via Paeroa Apata Pahoia Omokoroa Borell Road Te Puna Otumoetai Port of Tauranga Tauranga Tauranga Harbour Matapihi Mount Maunganui Branch Te Maunga Junction Kairua Papamoa Te Puke Rangiuru Paengaroa Maniatutu Pongakawa Pukehina Ohinepanea Otamarakau Hauone Pikowai Matata Awakaponga Taneatua Branch Mothballed Murupara Branch Kawerau

The current route is shown in red, with the former deviation in blue.

The East Coast Main Trunk (ECMT) is a railway line in the North Island of New Zealand, originally running between Hamilton and Taneatua via Tauranga, connecting the Waikato with the Bay of Plenty. The ECMT now runs between Hamilton and Kawerau, with a branch line to Taneatua from the junction at Hawkens. The line is built to narrow gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in), the uniform gauge in New Zealand. It was known as the East Coast Main Trunk Railway until 2011, when the word "Railway" was dropped.^[1]