Dunedin Peninsula and Ocean Beach Railway explained

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.

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  1. Web site: Otago Daily Times. 1875-01-20. natlib.govt.nz. National Library of New Zealand. 2015-03-06.
  2. Web site: Names & Opening & Closing Dates of New Zealand Railway Stations . 3 June 2020 . Juliet Scoble . railheritage.org.nz . 24 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200724032358/http://www.railheritage.org.nz/assets/dates_and_names.pdf . dead .