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The Bluff Branch, officially the Bluff Line since 2011, [1] is a railway line in Southland, New Zealand that links Invercargill with the port of Bluff. One of the first railways in New Zealand, it opened on 5 February 1867 and is still operating. [2] Presently, it essentially functions as an elongated industrial siding. [3]
Bluff Harbour is the northern terminus of the Stewart Island ferry, providing a daily service to and from Oban. The ferry journey across Foveaux Strait is about 39 km (21 nmi) long. [3] The first scheduled service across Foveaux Strait began in 1877 for weekly mail delivery, but soon also carried passengers and general cargo. [4]
The ferry journey across Foveaux Strait between Bluff Harbour on the South Island and Oban in Stewart Island is about 39 km (21 nmi) long. [38] The present high speed catamaran service typically takes one hour. [39] [40] As of 2024, the ferry service is operated by the tourism company RealNZ (formerly Real Journeys). [41]
It has aircraft connections with Invercargill and a ferry service to Bluff, both on the mainland South Island. The settlement was named after Oban in Scotland [3] (An t-Òban in Scottish Gaelic, meaning The Little Bay), due to the strong influence Scottish settlers had in the south of early colonial New Zealand.
A good example of how regionalised this traffic was comes from the Dunedin-Invercargill portion of the line. North of Clinton were five branches whose traffic essentially ran to and from Dunedin/Port Chalmers, while south of Clinton were four branches whose traffic essentially ran to or from Invercargill/Bluff. As this short-distance local ...
Bluff (Māori: Motupōhue), previously known as Campbelltown and often referred to as "The Bluff", is a town and seaport in the Southland region, on the southern coast of the South Island of New Zealand serving as the main port of Invercargill.
Passenger trains no longer call at Invercargill, except for occasional excursions. The Bluff Branch extends south from Invercargill and has been freight-only since 1967. The Wairio Branch extends northwest from Invercargill to the Solid Energy coalfields near Ohai and continues to carry freight even after the closing of the Ohai coal mine.
Picton ferry terminal Bluff: Blenheim, Kaikōura, Christchurch, Ashburton, Timaru, Oamaru, Dunedin, Balclutha, Gore, Invercargill: 940.7 SH 1S is used in official documentation, SH 1 on maps and signs. The Interislander ferry connects State Highway 1N and State Highway 1S between Wellington and Picton. SH 1 at Blenheim: SH 1 at Invercargill