 The eastern tunnel portal from the air, looking west | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Line | North Island Main Trunk railway |
| Location | Saint Johns |
| Status | Open |
| System | New Zealand Railways |
| No. of stations | None |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1 September 1929 |
| Operator | KiwiRail |
| Character | Passenger/freight |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 1,954 ft (596 m)[1] |
| No. of tracks | Double |
| Track gauge | 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) |
| Electrified | 2016 |
Purewa Tunnel is a 596-metre-long (1,955 ft) rail tunnel in Auckland, New Zealand.[2] It is on the North Island Main Trunk line and is located in the suburb of Saint Johns, to the west of Glen Innes. The tunnel is concrete-lined. Eastern Line passenger services operate through it,[3][4] and it is also used by the Northern Explorer and freight services.
- ^ "Underground Toilers, AUCKLAND STAR". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 26 March 1928. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ New Zealand Railway and Tramway Atlas (Fourth ed.). Quail Map Co. 1993. ISBN 0-900609-92-3.
- ^ Dearnaley, Mathew (10 January 2011). "Trains back on track after two week shutdown". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
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