Fairlie Branch

Fairlie Branch
Overview
Status	Partly Closed
Owner	Railways Department
Locale	Canterbury, New Zealand
Termini	Washdyke Eversley
Stations	15
Service
Type	Heavy Rail
System	New Zealand Government Railways (NZGR)
Operator(s)	Railways Department
History
Opened	1875 - 1884 (1875 - 1884)
Closed	1968 (1968)
Technical
Line length	58.2 km (36.2 mi)
Number of tracks	Single
Character	Rural
Track gauge	3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Route map Legend Main South Line km   0.00 Washdyke 14.67 Racecourse 21.43 Cartwrights 26.75 Levels 10.00 Waitawa SH 8 14.42 Pleasant Point 21.89 Sutherlands 29.89 Cave 35.38 Ma Waro SH 8 41.18 Albury Little Opawa River 42.00 Tengawai Tengawai River 47.73 Cricklewood 52.75 Winscombe 56.89 Fairlie 58.20 Eversley 85.00 unused formation This diagram: view talk edit

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The Fairlie Branch (also known as the Eversley Branch) was a branch line railway in southern Canterbury which formed part of New Zealand's national railway network. Construction began in 1874, and at its farthest extent, it terminated just beyond Fairlie in Eversley. Its closure came in 1968, but a portion remains open in Pleasant Point as the Pleasant Point Museum and Railway.