This web feature was written by Neill Atkinson and produced by the NZHistory.net.nz team.
Links
- The North Island main trunk line (NZHistory.net.nz)
- Rail tourism (NZHistory.net.nz)
- Railways (Te Ara)
- Britomart Transport Centre
- Friends of Opapa Railway Station
- Ormondville Rail Preservation Group
- Paekakariki Station Museum
- Search the Heritage New Zealand List for information on a number of historic railway stations, including Auckland, Greymouth, Little River, Lower Hutt, Otaki, Pleasant Point, Shannon and Waverley.
Books
- Neill Atkinson, Trainland: how railways made New Zealand, Random House, Auckland, 2007
- J.D. Mahoney, Down at the station, Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1987
- Euan McQueen, Rails in the hinterland, Grantham House, Wellington, 2005
