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Taumarunui Information Centre

Railway Station, Taumarunui

A Department of Conservation Visitor Centre, Phone: (07) 895-7494
See a working model of the Raurimu Spiral before visiting the real thing.
Taumarunui is a starting place for river trips on the Whanganui. These can be independent trips or organised by one of several commercial operators.
From the DOC (Department of Conservation) viewpoint Whanganui canoe travel is categorised along with the Great Walks. Trips last several days and take you into stretches of the river remote from road access.



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Raurimu Spiral

State Highway 4, north of National Park

An engineering triumph on the North Island Main Trunk railway, where the line loops through a tunnel to to cross over itself. This geometry restricts the maximum gradient to 1 in 52, although there is a height change of 700 feet in 3.5 miles. The actual track length is 7 miles. The engineer was R W Holmes - the year 1898.

philip bnrown (phil_louisa@hotmail.com) comments:a great new café opened up there ,with awesome coffee and food ,also has great old photos of raurimu and spiral ,great place for lunch
and dinner



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