Waiuku and Mission Bush Branches

Waiuku and Mission Bush Branches
Overview
StatusOpen to Mission Bush, Waiuku branch partially open as Glenbrook Vintage Railway (GVR)
OwnerKiwiRail
Termini
  • Paerata
  • Mission Bush (Glenbrook Steel Mill)
    Waiuku (GVR)
Service
Operator(s)KiwiRail (to Mission Bush)
Rolling stockNone
History
Opened10 May 1922 (Waiuku)
7 October 1968 (Mission Bush)
Closed31 December 1967 (Glenbrook to Waiuku)
Technical
Line length17.09 km (10.62 mi) Pukekohe - Mission Bush
18.08 km (11.23 mi) Pukekohe - Waiuku
Number of tracksSingle
CharacterRural
Track gauge1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in)
Route map

North Island Main Trunk
WaitematāWellington
(Mission Bush Branch)
Paerata Road (SH 22)
Beatty Road
Heights Road
Schlaepfer Road
Hart Road
Patumahoe Road
Mauku Road
Pilgrim Road
Somerville Road
Glenbrook Station Road
Glenbrook
(Waiuku Branch)
Glenbrook Road
Morley Road
Brookside Road
Pukeoware Road
Mission Bush Road
Shakespeare Road
Glenbrook Steel Mill
Cornwall Road
Fernleigh
Kitchener Road
Waiuku Stream
Waiuku
Map
Map

The Waiuku and Mission Bush Branches are two branches on the New Zealand railway network which are closely linked. The Mission Bush Branch connects the North Island Main Trunk railway to the Glenbrook Steel Mill.