A section of the Morrinsville-Rotorua railway line, out of service since 2002, is now used for tourism purposes.
Groups of railway carriages travel together 10 km in one direction from Mamaku station to Tarukenga station, keeping a wide gap between them.
In Tarukenga the carriages are then turned around and travel back to Mamaku.
At a speed of 20 km/h you can listen to the audio tour and discover a unique piece of New Zealand railway history.
The Rotorua Railway was first planned in 1877 to take tourists to see the Pink and White Terraces, the 8th Wonder of the World. The line missed Rotorua by 49 km when Mt. Tarawera erupted in 1886 and buried the terraces. The line to Rotorua was finally completed in April 1894.
Now, 120 years later, the line is once again carrying tourists on this small section of the line.

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