| Port Chalmers Branch | |
|---|---|
 DSG class shunting locomotive hauling freight towards Port Chalmers in 2008. | |
| Overview | |
| Other name(s) | Dunedin and Port Chalmers Railway |
| Status | Open |
| Owner | New Zealand Railways Corporation (land) |
| Termini | |
| Service | |
| Type | Urban rail |
| Operator(s) | KiwiRail |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 January 1873[1] |
| Closed | 10 December 1979 (for passenger trains)[2] |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 2.09 km (1.30 mi) (Sawyer's Bay-Port Chalmers)[2] |
| Number of tracks | Single |
| Character | Urban |
| Track gauge | 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) |
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The Port Chalmers Branch was the first railway line built in Otago, New Zealand, and linked the region's major city of Dunedin with the port in Port Chalmers.[1] The line is still operational today.
- ^ a b Churchman & Hurst 2001, p. 206.
- ^ a b Yonge 1985, p. 25.