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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]
Picton ferry terminal Bluff: Blenheim, KaikÅura, 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
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 ...
Later that year, two more lines opened, one to North Invercargill and one to South Invercargill; the latter was the southernmost electrified street tram line in the world and ran to Tramway Road. [8] In practice, the network operated as two routes: Route A between Georgetown and Waikiwi and Route B between North and South Invercargill. [9]
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]
North Island rail network map (as of 2006) South Island rail network map ... Bluff Branch: Invercargill – Bluff: Standard gauge 1435mm, 1866 to 1875. Freight only
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.
State Highway 1 (SH 1) is the longest and most significant road in the New Zealand road network, running the length of both main islands.It appears on road maps as SH 1 and on road signs as a white number 1 on a red shield, but it has the official designations SH 1N in the North Island, SH 1S in the South Island.