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Taumarunui On The Main Trunk line 2024

Taumarunui On The Main Trunk line 2024

Date: 23/11/24
Time: 8:45 am - 8:00 pm
Location: Palmerston North Railway Station

Travel over seven Viaducts; see the Rangitikei cliffs; Central Volcanic Plateau; National Park and the Raurimu Spiral all while travelling on the New Capital Connection Carriages to “Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line” (and back).
Our route begins at Palmerston North and will take us over the Mangaweka viaducts which are among the tallest in the North Island, with views seldom matched in New Zealand.  You can view the picturesque Rangitikei River below you as it flows past the high sandstone cliffs.
  Overlander on viaduct
Leaving National Park we then travel down one of the rail wonders of the world, the Raurimu Spiral. This magnificently engineered piece of railway, steeped in history with stories of how an engineer with courage, foresight and a brilliant ability overcame one of the most challenging railway engineering assignments of the last century.
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Descending the Raurimu Spiral we speed on to our final destination, “Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line”.
Raurimu - Photo taken by Jenny Scott
Raurimu – photo by Jenny Scott

You may then wish to visit the railway museum (on the platform) and wander down memory lane before it’s “All aboard!” for our return journey to friendly Palmerston North.

This trip will be hauled by a KiwiRail diesel locomotive.

When Saturday 23rd November 2024
Depart Palmerston North 8.45 am
Depart Marton 9.30 am
Arrive Taumarunui 1.45 pm
Depart Taumarunui 3.15 pm
Arrive Marton 7.15 pm
Arrive PALMERSTON NORTH 8.00 pm

The Marton Railway Station is at the end of Station Road East, which comes off Wellington Street the main road in Marton.  This link might help find the Marton Railway Station.

There is no security at the railway stations so please ensure to secure your car and hide items of value.

For additional information phone  06 3235444

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For additional information phone  06 3235444

An alternative to online bookings are at: i-sites at Woodville, Masterton, Whanganui, Hawera and Stratford or Dannevirke and Feilding Info Centres, or The Bus Centre 19 Ariki Street New Plymouth (9.30am – 3.30pm Mon – Fri) an additional booking fee applies.

Bookings

Ticket Type Price Spaces
Adult Fare
0-3 free on the knee of the adult.
$180.00
Child Fare
Under 15 years old
$100.00