Contacts
for Excursions:-
Chairman:-
Denyse
Bettridge;
06- 754-4973
Leave a message if no reply.
027 325
1530
Operations:-
Jim Blyde;
027 4033422.
P.O. Box 104
Waitara.
Email;-
wrps.charters@yahoo.co.nz
Web;-
http://waitararailwaypres.tripod.com/index.html
Weebly
Site;- http://waitararailway.weebly.com/
With the
help from the TET and TSB and the members financing the deposit, the branch Line was purchased in the year 2001, from TranzRail
at a cost of $360,000.บบ
2003,
Was when the Society started carrying fare paying passengers.
2004 The
Tahora Station building was sited at Brixton, Waitara Road.
The Society
operates their excursion the First and Third Sundays of the month, during the “Daylight saving” months.
Trips
available subject to requests and availability of the Branch Line.
Excursion
times;- 11:00 am, 01:00 pm.
Board
the train at Waitara, beside the New World Supermarket on Ogle and Queen Streets.
Travel
on the Waitara Branch Line which was opened in 1875. Part of the first Railway in Taranaki between Waitara and New Plymouth.
At Brixton
we travel through our yards where the “The Former Tahora Station” is now sited.
On the
way to the bridge one will see an old house, just over Kairau Road, on the right,which was once used as a maternity
home about the 1890s.
Train
on the return stops at Brixton at the “The Former Tahora Station” for hot or cold drinks, for a donation.
Our Fares;- Adults $15.00
Child 14 years and under $5.00
Family $30.00.
Prices, Times and Information are subject to change without notice.
Visitors are most welcome.
The Society
has working bees Saturdays and Wednesdays, which usually starts about 08:30am.
To get
to the yard, drive up Waitara Road off the main road and when one reaches the railway line they turn right through the gate
which, is over the railway line.
Be mindful of rail vehicles that may be operating.
