Raurimu Spiral

The Raurimu Spiral is a single-track railway spiral, starting with a horseshoe curve, overcoming a 139-metre height difference, in the central of , on the North Island Main Trunk railway between and .
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  • Railway
  • …lies at an elevation of 638 metres (2,093 feet)
  • Description: ‘a masterpiece of engineering’ consisting of a single-track railway spiral overcoming a 139-metre (456 ft) height difference on the North Island Main Trunk Railway, New Zealand

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Raurimu and National Park Village.
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is a settlement in , New Zealand.
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National Park, officially Waimarino and also known…

Raurimu Spiral

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Latitude
-39.11824° or 39° 7′ 6″ south
Longitude
175.40021° or 175° 24′ 1″ east
Open location code
4VGQVCJ2+P3
Geo­Names ID
6224921
Wiki­data ID
Q2133461

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Raurimu Spiral” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “勞裏穆螺旋”
  • Chinese: “勞里穆螺旋”
  • German: “Raurimu-Spirale”
  • Japanese: “ラウリムスパイラル”
  • Slovenian: “Spirala Raurimu”
  • Spanish: “Espiral de Raurimu”
  • Ukrainian: “Спіраль Рауріму”

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