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 North Island of New Zealand, on the North Island Main Trunk railway between Wellington and Auckland.
- Locality
- 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.
Raurimu Spiral
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Latitude
-39.12044° or 39° 7′ 14″ south
Longitude
175.40314° or 175° 24′ 11″ east
Open location code
4VGQVCH3+R7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = locality
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Raurimu Spiral” goes by many names.
勞裏穆螺旋Chinese
勞里穆螺旋Chinese
ラウリムスパイラルJapanese
Spirala RaurimuSlovenian
Спіраль РаурімуUkrainian
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