Waitakere Tramline
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Now 2 ft (610 mm)
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 The Waitakere Tramline passing some Dicksonia squarrosa (New Zealand tree ferns) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | Previously 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) Now 2 ft (610 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Waitakere Tramline is a 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) long industrial narrow gauge railway near Swanson in the Waitākere Ranges south-west of Auckland in New Zealand, which is being used since 1907 for building and maintaining the dam and water pipeline at the Waitākere Reservoir. It was used until 2014 also by the Waitakere Tramline Society Inc. for tourist excursions, which have been indefinitely ceased due to a risk assessment.[1]
The track with an original gauge of 2 ft 6 in (762 mm), which has later been regauged to 2 ft (610 mm) started originally at Swanson railway station and ran to a point above the Filter Station. From there it runs to the dam at Waitākere Reservoir. The lower section of the rail track from Swanson up beyond the Filter Station was lifted c. 1927.[1]