Remutaka Tunnel
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The Remutaka Tunnel is a railway tunnel through New Zealand's Remutaka Range, between Maymorn, near Upper Hutt, and Featherston, on the Wairarapa Line.
Rimutaka Tunnel Opening Ceremony, 3 November 1955
Maymorn railway station
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Maymorn railway station is a twin platform, rural request stop railway station serving the small settlement of Maymorn on the Maymorn Plateau, east of Upper Hutt, in New Zealand’s North Island. It is
Remutaka Tunnel
…using full face operation rather than the traditional heading and bench excavation. Much of the fill removed on the West (Hutt) side was used for the Maymorn station site. About 600 people were employed by MKD (about 300 to 400 at any one time), plus 14 MOW engineers and inspectors. Most were single men and lived…
Old Maymorn railway station main platform, looking west (2007)
Maymorn railway station main platform (left) and disused second platform (right), looking east.