Rimutaka Railway Tunnel
Rimutaka Railway Tunnel is a tunnel in Greater Wellington, North Island. Rimutaka Railway Tunnel is situated nearby to the peak Remutaka, as well as near the hamlet Kaitoke.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Remutaka Pass and Remutaka.
Remutaka Pass
Mountain saddle
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Remutaka Pass is a mountain saddle, which is situated 3½ km east of Rimutaka Railway Tunnel.
Remutaka
Peak
Photo: Phillip Capper, CC BY 2.0.
Remutaka is a peak, which is situated 3½ km east of Rimutaka Railway Tunnel.
Summit railway station
Shelter
Photo: Matthew25187, CC BY 2.5.
Summit railway station was at the summit of the Wairarapa line over the Rimutaka Ranges in the Wellington region of New Zealand’s North Island and was where trains were marshalled for a descent down the Rimutaka Incline or for Fell locomotives to be extricated from a train that had ascended the Incline. Summit railway station is situated 3 km south of Rimutaka Railway Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kaitoke and Maymorn.
Kaitoke
Hamlet
Kaitoke, part of Upper Hutt City, is a locality in the southern North Island of New Zealand. It is located at the northern end of the Hutt Valley, 45 kilometres northeast of Wellington City and six kilometres from the northern end of the Upper Hutt urban area. Kaitoke is situated 4½ km north of Rimutaka Railway Tunnel.
Maymorn
Hamlet
Maymorn is a rural area of Upper Hutt city in the Wellington region of New Zealand, consists of Rural Hill and Rural Valley Floor zones. The New Zealand census treats Maymorn as part of Te Mārua for statistical purposes. Maymorn is situated 4½ km west of Rimutaka Railway Tunnel.
Te Mārua
Suburb
Te Mārua is the easternmost urban suburb of Upper Hutt. For reasons of location and distance from the city, the area is often classified as rural. In December 2019, the approved official geographic name of the locality was gazetted as "Te Mārua". Te Mārua is situated 6 km northwest of Rimutaka Railway Tunnel.
Rimutaka Railway Tunnel
- Type: Tunnel
- Category: transportation
- Location: Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-41.11827° or 41° 7′ 6″ southLongitude
175.1902° or 175° 11′ 25″ eastElevation
475 metres (1,558 feet)Open location code
4VCQV5JR+M3GeoNames ID
6226345
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