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Leaving Christchurch at 6 am the train arrived at Dunedin at 6.40 pm; there was a breakfast with the Governor and other official guests at Oamaru, passengers were left behind at intermediate stops, and the train was assisted by the Double-Fairlie "Josephine" between Oamaru and Seacliff (where the engine was left for fitters as Ben Verdon the "K ...
Bridget Williams Books. pp. 134– 35. ISBN 1-877242-04-7. Schrader, Ben (2005). We Call it Home : A History of State Housing in New Zealand. Auckland: Reed. ISBN 9780790009971. Firth, Cedric (1949). State Housing in New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry of Works
Dunedin seen from Unity Park lookout in the suburb of Mornington Baldwin Street in North East Valley is the world's steepest residential street. Dunedin is home to Baldwin Street, which, according to the Guinness Book of Records, is the steepest street in the world. Its gradient is 1 in 2.9. [66]
Christchurch (/ ˈ k r aɪ s. tʃ ɜːr tʃ / ⓘ; Māori: Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island and the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand. [a] Christchurch has an urban population of 415,100, and a metropolitan population of over half a million.
South Island Limited Overview Service type Express Status Replaced First service 1 August 1949 Last service 1 December 1970 Successor Southerner Former operator(s) New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) Route Termini Christchurch Invercargill Line(s) used Main South Line Technical Track gauge 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) The South Island Limited was a passenger express train operated by the New Zealand ...
The exact basis for the name is not known. It has been suggested that it is named for Christchurch, in Dorset, England; for Canterbury Cathedral; or in honour of Christ Church, Oxford. The last explanation is the one generally accepted. [60] Dunedin – comes from Dùn Èideann, the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the Scottish capital.
Christchurch (Ōtautahi) – after Christ Church, one of the colleges of the University of Oxford in England; Clive – named after Robert Clive; Clutha River / Mata-Au – from "Cluaidh", the Scottish Gaelic for the Clyde. Inch Clutha, as above, "inch" deriving from the Gaelic word "innis', meaning island
Dunedin's first railway, the Port Chalmers Branch, was opened on 1 January 1873 and was the first railway built to the newly adopted (3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)) narrow gauge to open in New Zealand. The Main South Line, linking Dunedin with Christchurch and Invercargill, was opened on 22 January 1879. All these required massive earthworks along half ...