Midland Line

E532668

rail transport infrastructure railway line

The Midland Line is a scenic New Zealand railway route across the South Island, best known today for carrying the TranzAlpine passenger service between Christchurch and Greymouth through the Southern Alps.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Midland Line railway	1
Midland line	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rail transport infrastructure ⓘ railway line ⓘ
alsoUsedFor	freight traffic ⓘ
completed	1923 ⓘ
connectsCity	Christchurch NERFINISHED ⓘ
connectsTown	Arthur's Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ Greymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ Otira NERFINISHED ⓘ Springfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionBegan	late 19th century ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
crosses	Southern Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ
electrification	none ⓘ
gauge	1067 mm ⓘ Cape gauge ⓘ
hasStation	Arthur's Pass railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Christchurch railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Greymouth railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Otira railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ Springfield railway station NERFINISHED ⓘ
highestPoint	near Arthur's Pass ⓘ
historicalUse	coal transport ⓘ timber transport ⓘ
includesRiverCrossing	Bealey River NERFINISHED ⓘ Taramakau River NERFINISHED ⓘ Waimakariri River NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesTunnel	Otira Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	scenic mountain landscapes ⓘ tourist rail travel ⓘ
locatedIn	South Island ⓘ
managedBy	KiwiRail Network NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableStructure	Otira Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	KiwiRail NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy	New Zealand Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfNetwork	New Zealand rail network ⓘ
passesThrough	Arthur's Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ Canterbury NERFINISHED ⓘ West Coast Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryPassengerService	TranzAlpine NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	link east and west coasts of South Island ⓘ
regionServed	Canterbury Plains NERFINISHED ⓘ West Coast of the South Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
safetySystem	centralised traffic control on parts of line ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
terminus	Christchurch NERFINISHED ⓘ Greymouth NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourismProduct	TranzAlpine scenic train NERFINISHED ⓘ
trackConfiguration	single track ⓘ
usedBy	TranzAlpine NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Greymouth → railwayLine → Midland Line ⓘ

Arthur's Pass National Park → traversedBy → Midland Line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midland Line railway

Main South Line → connectsWith → Midland Line ⓘ

Selwyn District → hasTransportRoute → Midland Line ⓘ

PTH → railHubFor → Midland Line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Midland line