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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Photo: Duane Wilkins, CC BY 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Raurimu and National Park Village.

Village
Photo: Gadfium, CC0.
is a settlement in , New Zealand. State Highway 4 passes through it, and the North Island Main Trunk railway line runs to the east.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
National Park, officially Waimarino and also known as , is a small town on the in New Zealand. Formerly known as , it is the highest urban township in New Zealand, at 825 metres.

Raurimu Spiral

Latitude
-39.12044° or 39° 7′ 14″ south
Longitude
175.40314° or 175° 24′ 11″ east
Open location code
4VGQVCH3+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12850000458
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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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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