Seddonville Branch

Seddonville Branch
Ngākawau about 1910
Overview
Other name(s)Ngākawau Branch
Mount Rochfort Railway
StatusOpen
OwnerRailways Department
LocaleWest Coast, New Zealand
Termini
Stations12
Service
TypeHeavy Rail
SystemNew Zealand Government Railways (NZGR)
Services1
Operator(s)Railways Department
History
Commenced3 March 1874 (1874-03-03)
Opened31 December 1875 (1875-12-31)
Completed23 February 1895 (1895-02-23)
Closed beyond Seddonville10 February 1975 (1975-02-10)
Closed beyond Ngākawau3 May 1981 (1981-05-03)
Absorbed into Stillwater - Ngākawau Line5 November 2009 (2009-11-05)
Technical
Line length22.19 km (13.79 mi)
Number of tracksSingle
CharacterRural
Track gauge3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Route map

km
0
Westport
5
Sergeants Hill
10
Fairdown
15
Waimangaroa
Waimangaroa River
20
Birchfield
27
Granity
30
Ngākawau
Ngākawau River
31
Hector
39
Nikau
40
Summerlea
42
Mokihinui
45
Seddonville
48
Mokihinui Mines
Mokihinui River
Map
Map

The Seddonville Branch, later truncated as the Ngākawau Branch, is a branch line railway in the West Coast region of New Zealand's South Island. Construction began in 1874 and it reached its terminus at the Mokihinui Mine just beyond Seddonville in 1895. In 1981 it was closed past Ngākawau and effectively became an extension of the Stillwater–Westport Line, since formalised as the Stillwater–Ngākawau Line.