Everything about Kumeu-riverhead Section totally explained
The
Kumeu-Riverhead section was a short-lived railway line north-west of
Auckland,
New Zealand. It was built as part of the Kaipara-Riverhead Railway, which was isolated from the
national railway network until 1881, just before closure of this section.
Construction
The Kaipara-Riverhead Railway was built to link the eastern
Waitemata Harbour at Riverhead with the western
Kaipara Harbour at Helensville South, to provide more convenient access between the northern districts and Auckland and to improve export prospects for the timber industry in the Kaipara area. The first sod was turned on
31 August 1871 by the
Auckland Provincial Council, but at the start of
1872 the national government took over the job. The railway was only 25 km long, and specific delays with acquiring rails and the general difficulties associated with the relative isolation of the time meant that construction dragged on for a few years. On
29 October 1875, it finally opened.
Brief operation and closure
The section had no intermediate stations, and operated for slightly less than six years. Construction of the
North Auckland Line was proceeding steadily, and on
13 July 1881 it reached Kumeu from Auckland. The Kumeu-Riverhead section became the Riverhead branch, but it didn't last even a week. Between Kumeu and Auckland the North Auckland Line was far superior to shipping, so the Riverhead branch closed on
18 July 1881.
The line today
Despite the line being closed for well over a century, some faint remnants still exist. The embankment on which it left Kumeu diverges from the North Auckland Line near the Kumeu River Number 1 bridge. Old Railway Road is on the formation of the line, and at the T-intersection with
State Highway 18 the road ends and the formation continues straight ahead. At Riverhead no substantial relics remain.
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