Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway

Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway was a railway line in the South Island of New Zealand. Construction began in December 1875,^[1] and the railway opened to Ocean Beach on 23 March 1876.^[2] Extensions were later opened to Anderson's Bay, Forbury, Musselburgh and Tahora Bay.^[2]

It closed in 1949, and part of it is now the Ocean Beach Railway, a heritage line.

References[]

^ "Otago Daily Times". natlib.govt.nz. National Library of New Zealand. 20 January 1875. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b Juliet Scoble. "Names & Opening & Closing Dates of New Zealand Railway Stations" (PDF). railheritage.org.nz. Retrieved 3 June 2020.

New Zealand railway lines

Main lines

North Island	East Coast Main Trunk North Island Main Trunk (inc. Kapiti Line)
South Island	Main North Line and Main South Line (inc. Lyttelton Line), known together as the South Island Main Trunk

Secondary lines

North Island	Marton–New Plymouth line Newmarket Line North Auckland Line Palmerston North–Gisborne Line Stratford–Okahukura Line Wairarapa Line (inc. Hutt Valley Line)
South Island	Midland Line Nelson Section Otago Central Railway Stillwater–Ngākawau Line Waimea Plains Railway

Branch lines

Upper North Island	Cambridge Dargaville Donnellys Crossing Glen Afton Kinleith Kumeu–Riverhead Manukau Mount Maunganui Murupara Okaihau Onehunga Onerahi Opua Rotorua Tāneatua Thames Waiuku and Mission Bush
Lower North Island	Ahuriri Castlecliff Foxton Gracefield Greytown Johnsonville Melling Mount Egmont Moutohora Ngatapa Opunake Raetihi Taonui Te Aro Waitara Wanganui
Upper South Island	Blackball and Roa Cape Foulwind Conns Creek Eyreton Fairlie Ferrymead Little River Methven Mount Somers Oxford Rapahoe Rewanui Hokitika/Ross Seddonville Southbridge Waiau Waimate Whitecliffs
Lower South Island	Bluff Catlins River Dunback and Makareao Fernhill Hedgehope Kingston Kurow Moeraki Mossburn Ngapara and Tokarahi Outram Port Chalmers Roxburgh Shag Point Tapanui Tokanui Tuatapere Waikaia Waikaka Wairio Walton Park Wyndham

Private lines

Under construction

City Rail Link

Significant proposals

Bold represents lines used by passenger trains, Italics indicates lines which are now closed.
See also: New Zealand railway museums and heritage lines

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