Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway was a railway line in Dunedin, South Island of New Zealand. The company was incorporated in 1874, and construction began in December 1875,[1] and the railway opened to Ocean Beach on 23 March 1876.[2] Extensions were later opened to Anderson's Bay (in 1877), Forbury, Musselburgh and Tahora Bay.[2]
Competition from horse trams saw regular passenger services cease in 1882, with the original company wound up, only for a new company formed that ran race-day trains ran to Forbury Park Raceway until 1904. The last passenger train was a special troop train in 1914, and goods services ran sporadically until 1938.
It closed in 1942, and part of it is now the Ocean Beach Railway, a heritage line.