Purewa Tunnel

Purewa Tunnel is a 596-metre-long rail tunnel in Auckland, New Zealand. It is on the North Island Main Trunk line and is located in the suburb of Saint Johns, to the west of Glen Innes.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Regal Residency and St Thomas Tāmaki.

Regal Residency

Motel

Photo: Prosperosity, CC BY 4.0.

Regal Residency is a motel.

St Thomas Tāmaki

Church

Photo: Prosperosity, CC BY 4.0.

St Thomas Tāmaki is a church, which is situated 270 metres north of Purewa Tunnel.

St Johns Bush is a reserve in central Auckland in New Zealand. It is situated in a small valley near the larger Kepa Bush Reserve. It is named after the nearby suburb St Johns. St Johns Bush is situated 460 metres southwest of Purewa Tunnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Johns and Glen Innes.

St Johns

Suburb

Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.

St Johns is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb was named after St John's College, a religious training college established in what became the suburb in 1844 by Bishop Selwyn.

Glen Innes

Suburb

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Glen Innes is a suburb in East Auckland, New Zealand, located nine kilometres to the east of the city centre, close to the waters of the Tāmaki River estuary.

Meadowbank

Suburb

Photo: Ingolfson, Public domain.

Meadowbank is a central suburb of Auckland city, situated in the North Island of New Zealand. Meadowbank is governed under the local governance of the Ōrākei Local Board and Auckland Council.

Purewa Tunnel

Type: Tunnel
Description: tunnel in Auckland
Categories: railway tunnel and transportation
Location: Auckland, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-36.87018° or 36° 52′ 13″ south

Longitude

174.84554° or 174° 50′ 44″ east

Open location code

4VMP4RHW+W6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1004587633

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=tunnel

Wikidata ID

Q7261186

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