Otago Central Railway

Otago Central Railway
DE class locomotive 504 on the Otago Central Railway
Overview
StatusOpen to Middlemarch, passenger, closed beyond Middlemarch
OwnerKiwiRail (first 4km)
Dunedin Railways
LocaleOtago, New Zealand
Termini
Stations3
Service
Operator(s)Dunedin Railways
History
Opened1921 (to Cromwell)
Closed1980 (Clyde - Cromwell)
1990 (Middlemarch - Clyde)
Technical
Line length64 km (originally 236 km)
Number of tracks1
Track gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Minimum radius140 metres (7 chains)
Operating speed50 km/h
Highest elevation28 m to 254 m
Maximum incline1 in 50
Route map

km½
Main South Line
to Dunedin │ to Invercargill
0½
Wingatui
4½
limit of KiwiRail running
Salisbury
Taioma
Parera
Mount Allan
Christmas Creek
Hindon
Deep Stream
Flat Stream
The Reefs
45½
Pukerangi
Matarae
Matarae Siding
Sutton
64½
Middlemarch
Ngapuna
Rock and Pillar
Hyde
Hyde Township
Tiroiti
Kokonga
Waipiata
123½
Ranfurly
Wedderburn
Oturehua
Ida Valley
Auripo
Lauder
Omakau
Chatto Creek
Galloway
207½
Alexandra
214½
Clyde (new)
Clyde
Doigs
Waenga
236½
Cromwell
km½
Map
Map

The Otago Central Railway (OCR) or in later years Otago Central Branch Railway, now often referred to as the Taieri Gorge Railway, was a secondary railway line in Central Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand.