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Revision as of 20:22, 18 January 2022
The Nelson Section as its name implies, remained an isolated section its whole life. With construction starting in April 1873 on the Nelson Foxhill section, it envisaged a great future with the prospect of linking up with Greymouth and Christchurch via a promised Midland Railway. Construction progress was slow with ultimately 64 miles (just over 100km) constructed over some 50 years. When all construction ceased in 1930, a gap of only a 42 mile (67km) existed in order to connect with Inangahua, the railhead from Christchurch at the time.
| Station | Mileage M.ch | Metrage km | Elevation ft | Elevation m | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Port | 0.00 | 0.00 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nelson | 1.00 | 1.60 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bishopdale | 2.72 | 4.67 | 213 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stoke | 5.32 | 8.67 | 74 | 23 | Freezing_Works | 6.72 | 11.10 | 22 | 7 | Richmond | 8.32 | 13.52 | Appleby | Hope | Brightwater |