Come and enjoy a ride on our train, through town and country, from Waitara to Lepperton and return
Excursions are every first and third Sunday, starting on November 18, 2018
11 am and 1:30 pm, and take about an hour
Board the train at Waitara, beside the New World Supermarket on Queen Street
Fares;- Adults $15
Child 5-15 years $5; child under 5 free
Family $30.00 (2 adults and up to 2 children)
The train Travels under the road bridge top of Big Jim's Hill on Highway 3 (which we say is our tunnel),
then at Brixton passes through our yards and depot, where the former Tahora Station has been relocated. On the way to Lepperton one will see an old house, just over Kairau Road, which was used as a maternity home about the late 1800s. Then there is a bridge over the Waiongana River, and the train stops beside the Marton-New Plymouth main line close to Lepperton Station.
Times and Information are subject to change without notice.
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To all those people who have had a ride on our train, the Society would like to thank you for your support. It is great to see you all and to have chats. Awesome!
The Society welcomes new members to assist with working bees.
Come along and see what we do at the yard on Saturdays and some times through the week.
We have a great team who banter each other and work well together.
Also there is a possibility of gaining a Society's rail-type license to operate trolleys, shunting, guarding, to driving the locomotives.
To get to the yard, drive up Waitara Road off the main road and when one reaches the railway line, turn right through the gates
Be mindful of rail vehicles that may be operating.
Wish to join? click this link for an application form
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Click on the links below for some videos.
https://www.facebook.com/waitara.railway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfChulfy4pE&feature=youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILosH5rYYUQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kReNT1LjpS4&feature=youtu.be
www.railsafety.co.nz
www.chriscairnsfoundation.org.nz
We are still available for private excursions
Contacts -
Charter Manager - Brian Jury 06 751 1647 or 027 7126 482
or Jim 027 403 3422
P.O. Box 104 Waitara.
Email;- wrps.charters@yahoo.co.nz
Web;- http://waitararailway.weebly.com/
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Some history . . .
The Waitara Branch Line was opened in 1875, as the first railway in Taranaki, between Waitara and New Plymouth.
With help from the TET Trust and TSB Community Trust, and members financing the deposit, the line was purchased in 2001 from TranzRail, at a cost of $360,000
In 2003 the Society started carrying fare paying passengers.
In 2004 the former Tahora Station building was relocated at Brixton, Waitara Road.
Thanks to the generosity of the TSB Community Trust we have been able to re-sleeper and perform other work on the bridge over the Waiongana River.
From end of April to start of daylight saving, the Branch Line is closed for winter maintenance.
Trips available subject to requests and availability of the Branch Line.
Contacts -
Charter Manager - Brian Jury 06 751 1647 or 027 7126 482
or Jim 027 403 3422
P.O. Box 104 Waitara.
Email;- wrps.charters@yahoo.co.nz
Web;- http://waitararailway.weebly.com/
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Some history . . .
The Waitara Branch Line was opened in 1875, as the first railway in Taranaki, between Waitara and New Plymouth.
With help from the TET Trust and TSB Community Trust, and members financing the deposit, the line was purchased in 2001 from TranzRail, at a cost of $360,000
In 2003 the Society started carrying fare paying passengers.
In 2004 the former Tahora Station building was relocated at Brixton, Waitara Road.
Thanks to the generosity of the TSB Community Trust we have been able to re-sleeper and perform other work on the bridge over the Waiongana River.
From end of April to start of daylight saving, the Branch Line is closed for winter maintenance.
Trips available subject to requests and availability of the Branch Line.
